兔子不吃窩邊草 tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo

DEFINITIONS

  1. A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.

CHARACTERS

兔 tù
HSK 5
rabbit, hare
子 zi
HSK 1
offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
吃 chī
HSK 1
eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
窩 wō nest; cave, den; hiding place
邊 biān edge, margin, side, border
草 cǎo
HSK 3
grass, straw, thatch, herbs