鸟尽弓藏 — Chinese idiom

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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