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窮鼠嚙狸 (穷鼠啮狸)

qióng shǔ niè lí

Definition

  1. a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on

Character Decomposition

窮
=
穴
+
躬
鼠
=
臼
+
？
嚙
=
口
+
齒
狸
=
犭
+
里

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