窮鳥

Reading

Kana: きゅうちょう

Romaji: kyūchō

Definition

noun

1

cornered bird

Kanji

窮

Readings: キュウ、 キョウ、 きわ.める、 きわ.まる、 きわ.まり、 きわ.み

Meanings: hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered

鳥

Readings: チョウ、 とり

Meanings: bird, chicken

Example Sentence

いけすかないボスだけど、仕事(しごと)の悩(なや)みを相談(そうだん)したら案外(あんがい)、窮鳥(きゅうちょう)懐(ふところ)に入(はい)れば猟師(りょうし)も殺(ころ)さず、てなことになるかもね。

➥The boss is hard to get along with. But if I try to talk to him about problems I have at work he might have a little heart. Even a hunter can't kill a bird who flies to him for protection.