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兔子不吃窝边草
兔子不吃窩邊草
tùzibùchīwōbiāncǎo
1.
A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
Character Breakdown
兔
tù
rabbit, hare
HSK 5
8 丶
子
zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
HSK 1
3 丶
不
bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
HSK 1
4 丶
吃
chī
to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
HSK 1
6 丶
窝
wō
cave, den, nest; hiding place; measure word for small animals
HSK 6
12 丶
边
biān
border, edge, margin, side
HSK 2
5 丶
草
cǎo
grass, herbs; straw, thatch
HSK 3
9 丶
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