狡兔三窟
gaau2 tou3 saam1 fat1jiǎo tù sān kū
English
- lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows
- a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom)
- to burrow oneself in secret hideouts; literally: a cunning rabbit has three caves
粵語 — Cantonese
- 藏身、避禍嘅地點或者方法多
Examples
狡兔三窟。
A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
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嗰個大老千居無定所,狡兔三窟,分分鐘已經匿埋喺另一個私竇度,逃過追捕。
That fraudster never stays in the same place and has a lot of hideouts. He has probably gone to another location to avoid arrest.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk