狡兔三窟
狡兔三窟
jiǎo tù sān kū
lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows; a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom)
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- (idiom) lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows
- a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom)
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Related Words
一日三秋(yī rì sān qiū)· a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
→一日不见，如隔三秋(yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū)· one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
→一板三眼(yī bǎn sān yǎn)· lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
→三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮(sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng)· lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
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