虎毒不食子
Traditional form:
虎毒不食子
Pinyin (reading):
hǔdúbùshízǐ
Definitions:
- a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom)
- even wild beasts look after their young
Characters:
- 虎 - tiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 毒 - poison, venom; drug, narcotic
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 食 - food; to eat
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
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