Definition of 窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず (きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもころさず)
きゅうちょうふところいりょうしころ
窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず
きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもころさず
kyuuchoufutokoroniirebaryoushimokorosazu
expression
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even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter(proverb)
Related Kanji
| 窮 | hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered |
| 鳥 | bird, chicken |
| 懐 | pocket, feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom, breast |
| 入 | enter, insert |
| 猟 | game-hunting, shooting, game, bag |
| 師 | expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war |
| 殺 | kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil |