狡こう兎と死しして走そう狗く煮にらる
Meanings
Expression
1. when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; (lit.) when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked
Kanji used
cunning
rabbit
death
run
pup
cook by boiling
Composed of
smart rabbit; cunning rabbit; nimble rabbit
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish