兔子不吃窩邊草

1. • a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying)

     lit.

2. • even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood

     fig.

Character by character

• 兔(tù)rabbit
• 子(zi)noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"
• 不(bù)no
• 吃(chī)eat
• 窩(wō)nest
• 邊(biān)side
• 草(cǎo)grass