狡兎

こうと

Meanings

1. Noun smart rabbit; cunning rabbit; nimble rabbit See also: 狡兎三窟 (こうとさんくつ).

Kanji

• 狡 cunning; sly; crafty. Read as コウ.
• 兎 rabbit; hare. Read as ト.

Words containing 狡兎

• 狡兎三窟 (こうとさんくつ) very shrewd in preparing a means of escape
• 狡兎死して走狗烹らる (こうとししてそうくにらる) when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off
• 狡兎良狗 (こうとりょうく) When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off

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