虎毒不食子

hǔ dú bù shí zǐ

Dictionary entry

a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom)

What does 虎毒不食子 mean?

虎毒不食子 (hǔ dú bù shí zǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom)

2even wild beasts look after their young

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虎hǔtiger · CL:隻|只[zhi1]毒dúpoison · to poison 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-食shíto eat · food 子zǐson · child

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虎毒不食子

hǔ dú bù shí zǐ

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