窮鳥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
窮	鳥
きゅう Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

窮(きゅう)鳥(ちょう) • (kyūchō) 

1. cornered bird

   窮鳥(きゅうちょう)枝(えだ)を選(えら)ばず

   kyūchō eda o erabazu

   any port in a storm (literally "a cornered bird doesn't choose its branch")