Word details
狡兎死して走狗烹らる
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 狡兎死して走狗烹らる.
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when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
狡
cunning, sly, crafty, miserly, mean, stingy
9 strokes
On
コウキョウ
Kun
ずる.いこす.いわるがしこ.い
兎
rabbit, hare
7 strokesGrade 9
On
トツ
Kun
うさぎ
死
death, die
6 strokesFrequency 229JLPT N3Grade 3
On
シ
Kun
し.ぬし.に-
走
run
7 strokesFrequency 626JLPT N3Grade 2
On
ソウ
Kun
はし.る
Nanori
はしり
狗
puppy, dog
8 strokes
On
クコウ
Kun
いぬ
烹
boil, cook
10 strokes
On
ホウ
Kun
に.る
煮
boil, cook
12 strokesFrequency 1,565JLPT N1Grade 8
On
シャ
Kun
に.る-にに.えるに.やす
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