created sense approved 穷鼠啮狸/窮鼠嚙狸 · qióngshǔnièlí · a person at bay will fight back — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
穷鼠啮狸 / 窮鼠嚙狸
qióngshǔnièlí
a person at bay will fight back
literally meaning a cornered rat will bite a fox; used to describe how a person driven to desperation will put up a fierce fight.
穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · hard-pressed 鼠 (literal) → 鼠 · shǔ · rat 啮 (literal) → 啮/齧 · niè · to gnaw 狸 (literal) → 狸 · lí · raccoon dog
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition