鳥盡弓藏 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 鸟尽弓藏 niǎojìngōngcáng ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄘㄤˊ lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom) fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose Character by character 鳥(niǎo)bird 盡(jìn)use up 弓(gōng)surname Gong 藏(cáng)conceal A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0