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lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows · a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom)

狡兔三窟
jiǎo tù sān kū
j+iǎo·3rd tonet+ù·4th tones+ān·1st tonek+ū·1st tone
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A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
狡兔三窟。
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
(lit.) to graft flowers onto a tree (idiom) · (fig.) to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another移花接木yí huā jiē mùto fool people (idiom) · to pull the wool over people's eyes掩人耳目yǎn rén ěr mùartful · crafty刁滑diāo huá
Antonyms
lit. like a turtle in a jar · to be trapped (idiom)瓮中之鳖wèng zhōng zhī biēto sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate坐以待毙zuò yǐ dài bì
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