兔死狐悲

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Chinese

rabbit
to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 
fox
sad; sadness; sorrow
sad; sadness; sorrow; grief
 
trad. (兔死狐悲)
simp. #(兔死狐悲)

Pronunciation


Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 兔死狐悲

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