兔死狗烹
Meanings
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- 1.(lit.) when the rabbit is dead, the hunting dogs are cooked (idiom)
- 2.(fig.) to discard or eliminate someone once they are no longer useful
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Wiktionary
- 1.to get rid of somebody once they have served their purpose
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Etymology
From Shiji, c. 91 BCE, quoting Fan Li, a fifth-century-BCE military strategist: : This was later commonly shortened to 鳥盡弓藏，兔死狗烹 /鸟尽弓藏，兔死狗烹.
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Components
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