穷寇勿追 qióngkòuwùzhuī don't corner a desperate enemy Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 穷寇勿追 窮寇勿追 qióngkòuwùzhuī don't corner a desperate enemy Do not pursue a defeated or trapped enemy too hard so as to avoid a desperate counterattack; (by extension) one should not push a person too far Frequency Written text 0.010 per million Cross-References Variant of 穷寇莫追 qióngkòumòzhuī Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
穷寇勿追 窮寇勿追 qióngkòuwùzhuī don't corner a desperate enemy Do not pursue a defeated or trapped enemy too hard so as to avoid a desperate counterattack; (by extension) one should not push a person too far Frequency Written text 0.010 per million Cross-References Variant of 穷寇莫追 qióngkòumòzhuī Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)