Results, 窮鼠噛猫

窮鼠噛猫【きゅうそごうびょうkyuusogoubyou】

expression:

  • A cornered rat will bite the cat; One who is cornered will fight like a devil - four character idiom

Kanji definition:

窮
常用中学校JLPTN1

キュウKYUU・キョウKYOU・きわめるkiwa.meru・きわまるkiwa.maru・きわまりkiwa.mari・きわみkiwa.mi

hard up; destitute; suffer; perplexed; cornered

➜
竆
Strokes:
15
Radical:
穴 cave
SKIP:
2-5-10
UTF:
7aae
JIS208:
21-71
Hangul:
궁 [gung]
Pinyin:
qióng
Stroke order:
Example words:
窮地【きゅうちkyuuchi】
dilemma; predicament
窮屈【きゅうくつkyuukutsu】
narrow; tight; cramped; / formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious; rigid; / constrained; uncomfortable; / tight (e.g. finances)
窮状【きゅうじょうkyuujou】
distress; wretched condition
困窮【こんきゅうkonkyuu】
poverty; need; destitution; / having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
窮乏【きゅうぼうkyuubou】
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
鼠

ソSO・ショSHO・ねずみnezumi・ねずnezu

rat; mouse; dark gray

➜
鼡
Strokes:
13
Radical:
鼠 mouse, rat
SKIP:
2-5-7
UTF:
9f20
JIS208:
33-45
Hangul:
서 [seo]
Pinyin:
shǔ
Stroke order:
Alternative stroke order:
Example words:
鳴く猫は鼠を捕らぬ【なくねこはねずみをとらぬnakunekohanezumiwotoranu】
empty vessels make the most sound
煎海鼠【いりこiriko】
dried sea slug
鼠の嫁入り【ねずみのよめいりnezuminoyomeiri】
light shower
鼠疫【そえきsoeki】
plague; pest
鼠害【そがいsogai】
damage by rats or mice
噛

コウKOU・ゴウGOU・かむka.mu・かじるka.jiru

chew; bite; gnaw

➜
嚙 齩
Strokes:
15
Radical:
口 mouth
SKIP:
1-3-12
UTF:
565b
JIS208:
19-90
Hangul:
교 [gyo]
Pinyin:
niè
Stroke order:
Alternative stroke order:
Example words:
噛み付く【かみつくkamitsuku】
to bite (at); to snap at; / to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
噛む【かむkamu】
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; / to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore); / to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.); to mesh; to fit together; / to be involved in; / to fumble one's words (during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; / to strongly confute; to argue down; to rebuke; to scold harshly
臍を噛む【ほぞをかむhozowokamu】
to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for)
噛み砕く【かみくだくkamikudaku】
to crunch; to masticate; / to simplify; to explain plainly
噛み殺す【かみころすkamikorosu】
to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; / to bite to death
猫
常用中学校JLPTN3

ビョウBYOU・ねこneko

cat

➜
貓
Strokes:
11
Radical:
犬犭 dog
SKIP:
1-3-8
UTF:
732b
JIS208:
39-13
Hangul:
묘 [myo]
Pinyin:
māo / máo
Stroke order:
Example words:
猫【ねこneko】
cat; / shamisen; / geisha; / wheelbarrow; / clay bed-warmer; / bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
子猫【こねこkoneko】
kitten
猫舌【ねこじたnekojita】
dislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food
猫背【ねこぜnekoze】
bent back; hunchback; stoop
山猫【やまねこyamaneko】
wildcat (Felis silvestris)

Kanji

窮

キュウKYUU・キョウKYOU・きわめるkiwa.meru・きわまるkiwa.maru・きわまりkiwa.mari・きわみkiwa.mi

hard up; destitute; suffer; perplexed; cornered

鼠

ソSO・ショSHO・ねずみnezumi・ねずnezu

rat; mouse; dark gray


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