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鳥盡弓藏
鳥盡弓藏
See also: 鸟尽弓藏
Chinese
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to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)
!a bow (weapon)
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storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate
|- !trad. (鳥盡弓藏) | 鳥 | 盡 | 弓 | 藏 |- !simp. (鸟尽弓藏) | 鸟 | 尽 | 弓 | 藏 |}
Proverb
鳥盡弓藏
- to cast somebody or something aside when the purpose has been served