a cornered rat will bite at a leopard cat
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Qi ó ngsh ǔ Ni è L í, which means that a trapped animal is still fighting. From "on salt and iron · Zhaosheng".
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym] trapped beast still fighting, dog leaping over the wall antonym] bloodbath, dark
The origin of Idioms
Han huankuan's on salt and iron Zhaosheng: "death does not regenerate, and the poor mouse gnaws at the beaver.
Idiom usage
Subject predicate type; as object and complement; with derogatory meaning; refers to the trapped beast is still fighting. In the book of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowu's Chronicle: "the royal family made the Song Dynasty, the sun and the moon were shining again, Xuanji was ordered, and five stars were ordered."
Chinese PinYin : qióng shǔ niè lí
a cornered rat will bite at a leopard cat
To separate the poor from the poor. fēn pín zhèn qióng
The sound of chickens and dogs is heard by each other, but not by old age and death. jīquǎnzhīshēng xiāngwén,lǎosǐbùxiāng wǎnglái
Do not trample on cattle and sheep. niú yáng wù jiàn