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HSK 3 - Medium
8 strokes
Traditional (switch to Simplified)

兔

tù

Definition

rabbit

Character Decomposition

Compounds (7)

to escape; leisurely; outstanding

injustice; grievance; wrong

dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses); also called 菟絲子|菟丝子

side of bridge

cunning; artful

baby rabbit

Scops semitorques

Related words (11)

hare lip (birth defect)

hare; rabbit

narrow winding path

toolbar (in computer software) (loanword)

brat; bastard

tularemia; rabbit fever

sea hare (Aplysia)

moon rabbit; rabbit (of the moon); (the) Jade Hare; (the) Jade Rabbit; (the) moon

hare

狡兔死走狗烹

jiǎo tù sǐ zǒu gǒu pēng

see 兔死狗烹

Idioms (6)

tù sǐ hú bēi

(lit.) if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress

tù sǐ gǒu pēng

(lit.) to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom); (fig.) to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose

dōng tù xī wū

(lit.) the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom); (fig.) the passage of time

shǒu zhū dài tù

to wait for a windfall; (lit.) to wait every day under a tree (in the hope that a hare kills itself by crashing into the tree trunk); (lit.) to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom); sit back and wait; to wait idly for opportunities; to trust to chance rather than show initiative

jiǎo tù sān kū

(lit.) a crafty rabbit has three burrows; a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom)

不見兔子不撒鷹

bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng

you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom); one doesn't act without some incentive

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