Word Meaning 狡兎死して走狗煮らる

こうとししてそうくにらる koutoshishitesoukuniraru

狡兎死して走狗煮らる is read as こうとししてそうくにらる (koutoshishitesoukuniraru) and means when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off.

Meaning

English

  1. when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off
  2. when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked

Reading

Kana

こうとししてそうくにらる

Romaji

koutoshishitesoukuniraru

Writing Variants

  • 狡兎死して走狗烹らる こうとししてそうくにらる koutoshishitesoukuniraru

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 54 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Proverb Rank 153012 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

狡兎良狗

こうとりょうく

When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off

狡兎三窟

こうとさんくつ

very shrewd in preparing a means of escape

狡兎

こうと

smart rabbit

走狗

そうく

hound

兎死すれば狐これを悲しむ

うさぎしすればきつねこれをかなしむ

people have sympathy for kindred in distress

狐死して兎泣く

きつねししてうさぎなく

people have sympathy for kindred in distress

狡い

こすい

miserly

狡賢い

ずるがしこい

devious

走る

はしる

to run

煮る

にる

to boil

煮詰める

につめる

to boil down

走り回る

はしりまわる

to run around