鸟尽弓藏
Traditional form:
鳥盡弓藏
Pinyin (reading):
niǎojìngōngcáng
Definitions:
- lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
Characters:
- 鸟 - bird
- 尽 - to exhaust, to use up, to deplete
- 弓 - bow; curved, arched
- 藏 - to conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
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