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窮鼠嚙狸 (kung4 syu2 jit6 lei4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

窮鼠嚙狸 (kung4 syu2 jit6 lei4, qióng shǔ niè lí) — a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 窮到燶 (kung4 dou3 nung1) — too poor
• 窮則思變 (kung4 zak1 si1 bin3) — poverty gives rise to a desire to change for the better
• 窮巷 (kung4 hong6) — no way to go; a blind alley
• 窮鬼 (kung4 gwai2) — someone who is very poor [written and colloquial]
• 窮 (kung4) — exhausted; poor; destitute; improverished; having an end; having a limit; most;…
• 窮二代 (kung4 ji6 doi6) — those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s; see a…

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