兔子不吃窝边草

tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo

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

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

兔

tù

variant of 兔[tu4]

子

zi

noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"

不

bù

no; not so

吃

chī

variant of 吃[chi1]

窝

wō

nest

边

biān

side

草

cǎo

grass