虎毒不食子

Chinese

tiger poison; narcotics not; no
 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (虎毒不食子)
simp. #(虎毒不食子)
Literally: “A tiger, though vicious, will not eat its own son.”

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Idiom

虎毒不食子

  1. A person, no matter how vicious they are, will not harm their own children.
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