窮鳥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
窮 鳥
きゅう
Grade: S 		ちょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

窮(きゅう)鳥(ちょう) • (kyūchō) 

  1. cornered bird
    窮鳥(きゅうちょう)枝(えだ)を選(えら)ばず
    kyūchō eda o erabazu
    any port in a storm (literally "a cornered bird doesn't choose its branch")
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