兔: rabbit

兔 tù

noun
: rabbit, hare

兎 (兔) | うさぎ usagi

noun
: rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)​

兔子 tùzi hare; rabbit

兔年 tùnián Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)

兔崽子 tù zǎizi brat; bastard

兔唇 tùchún hare lip (birth defect)
[兎唇 | みつくち mitsukuchi or としん toshin or iguchi いぐち: (sensitive word) harelip; cleft lip]

家兔 jiātù rarebit

野兔 yětù hare
[野兎 | やと yato or のうさぎ nousagi / nosagi: wild rabbit; Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus)]

玉兔 yùtù the Jade Hare; the moon

卯兔 mǎotù Year 4, year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | proverb
兎角亀毛 | とかくきもう tokaku kimou OR 亀毛兎角 | きもうとかく kimoutokaku
: (idiom) (yoji) {Buddha} things that do not exist; horns on rabbits, fur on turtles

***烏兎匆々 | うとそうそう uto sousou
: (yoji) days and nights passing by quickly; months and years flying by; Time flies

狡兎三窟 | こうとさんくつ kouto sankutsu
: (yoji) very shrewd in preparing a means of escape; being very good at escaping danger

脱兎の如く | だっとのごとく datto no gotoku
: (at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed

*狐死して兎泣く | きつねししてうさぎなく kitsune shi shite usagi naku
: (proverb) people have sympathy for kindred in distress; (when) the fox dies, the rabbit cries

**狡兎死して走狗烹らる | こうとししてそうくにらる kouto shishite soukuniraru
: (expression) when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked

二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず | にとをおうものはいっとをもえず ni to o oumo no wa itto omoezu
: (proverb) if you run after two hares you will catch neither

兎や角言う | とやかくいう toya kaku iu
: to say this and that (about); to say (critical) things; to criticize; to be critical (about); to find fault (with); to complain; to raise objections (to); to meddle (in); to interfere (in)

始めは処女の如く後は脱兎の如し | はじめはしょじょのごとくのちはだっとのごとし hajime wa shojo no gotoku nochi wa datto no gotoshi
: (proverb) (from Sun Tzu’s Art of War) hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy; first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
*兔死狐悲 tu4 si3 hu2 bei1
: (idiom) lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves; fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress

**兔死狗烹 tu4 si3 gou3 peng1
: (idiom) lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit; fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose

守株待兔 shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4
: (idiom) lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits; to wait idly for opportunities; to trust to chance rather than show initiative

***東兔西烏 (东兔西乌) dong1 tu4 xi1 wu1
: (idiom) lit. the sun setting and the moon rising; fig. the passage of time

狡兔三窟 jiao3 tu4 san1 ku1
: (idiom) A sly rabbit has three openings to its den (now mostly referring to gangsters or hoodlums)
lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows; a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on

兔子不吃窝边草 tu4 zi5 bu4 chi1 wo1 bian1 cao3
: (idiom) A rabbit doesn’t eat the grass by its own burrow; One shouldn’t do anything to harm one’s neighbors

兔子尾巴長不了 (兔子尾巴长不了) tu4 zi5 wei3 ba5 chang2 bu5 liao3
: (idiom) rabbits don’t have long tails; its days are numbered; won’t last long

不見兔子不撒鷹 (不见兔子不撒鹰) bu4 jian4 tu4 zi5 bu4 sa1 ying1
: (idiom) you don’t release the hawk until you’ve seen the hare; one doesn’t act before one is sure to succeed

守株待兔，緣木求魚 (守株待兔，缘木求鱼) shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4 , yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2
: (idiom) to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish; without any practical course of action

金烏西墜，玉兔東昇 (金乌西坠，玉兔东升) jin1 wu1 xi1 zhui4 , yu4 tu4 dong1 sheng1
: (idiom) lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east; fig. at sunset