穷鼠啮狸 Traditional 窮鼠嚙狸 qióng shǔ niè lí 🔊 a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom) + Keep this word Meanings qióng shǔ niè lí 窮鼠嚙狸 a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on Its characters 穷qióngpoorHSK 5鼠shǔrat; mouse啮nièto gnaw狸líused in the names of small mammals