窮鳥懐に入れば猟師もこれを殺さず

きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもこれをころさず

Meanings

Expression
1. Even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter.
  
  obsolete

窮	hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered
鳥	bird, chicken
懐	pocket, feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom, breast
入	enter, insert
猟	game-hunting, shooting, game, bag
師	expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war
殺	kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil

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