tù​zi​bù​chī​wō​biān​cǎo

one doesn't harm their own neighbors

兔子不吃窝边草 兔子不吃窩邊草 tù​zi​bù​chī​wō​biān​cǎo
one doesn't harm their own neighbors
literally meaning a rabbit does not eat the grass around its own nest; used as a proverb to say that even a villain avoids doing harm in their own immediate neighborhood or to those close to them

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