鸟尽弓藏 — Chinese idiom
鸟尽弓藏
niǎo jìn gōng cáng
Traditional: 鳥盡弓藏
Meaning
- lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away ; fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
Character by character
- 鸟niǎobird
- 尽jìnto exhaust, to use up, to deplete
- 弓gōngbow; curved, arched
- 藏cángto conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
Idioms sharing a character
- 一石二鸟 yī shí èr niǎo
- 作鸟兽散 zuò niǎo shòu sàn
- 如鸟兽散 rú niǎo shòu sàn
- 小鸟依人 xiǎo niǎo yī rén
- 乌鸟私情 wū niǎo sī qíng
- 笨鸟先飞 bèn niǎo xiān fēi
- 笼鸟槛猿 lóng niǎo jiàn yuán
- 惊弓之鸟 jīng gōng zhī niǎo
- 鸟枪换炮 niǎo qiāng huàn pào
- 鸟语花香 niǎo yǔ huā xiāng
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