a cornered rat will bite at a leopard cat

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."