hares

n. any of a number of rodentlike mammals with long ears and long hind legs designed for leaping (related to the rabbit)

v. run, flee (British); move hastily

Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. (Four other species of leporid in the genera Caprolagus and Pronolagus are also called "hares".) Very young hares are called leverets.They are very fast moving. The European Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) can run at speeds of up to 70 km/h (45 mph). Hares live solitarily or in pairs, whilst "a drove of hares" is the collective noun for a group of hares.A common type of hare in arctic North America is the Snowshoe Hare, replaced further south by the Black-tailed Jackrabbit, White-tailed Jackrabbit and other species.
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Noun
1. swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
(hypernym) leporid, leporid mammal
(hyponym) leveret
(member-holonym) Lepus, genus Lepus
(part-meronym) rabbit
2. flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
(synonym) rabbit
(hypernym) game
(part-holonym) wood rabbit, cottontail, cottontail rabbit
Verb
1. run quickly, like a hare; "He hared down the hill"
(hypernym) run

tu4 si3 gou3 peng1
When the hares have been bagged, the dogs are cooked.
Said of the slaying of servants that have outlived their usefulness. Kicking down the ladder.

shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4
Waiting by a tree for a hare to turn up.
Referring to a person who waits for gains without pains.

jiao3 tu4 san1 ku1
A cunning rabbit has three holes.
Meaning that it's wise to have more than one place to hide in time of danger. The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. Compare with 有备无患 (you3 bei4 wu2 huan4) and 曲突徙薪 (qu1 tu1 xi3 xin1).

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