the cock plucks out its tail lest it should be used as a victim-commit suicide in fear of being killed ❍ 宾孟适郊，见雄鸡自断其尾。问之，侍者曰：“自惮其牺也。”(《左传·昭二十二年》)On one occasion Bin Meng had gone to the suburbs,where he saw a cock plucking out its tail.He asked what could be the meaning of such a thing,and his attendants said，“It is afraid for itself lest it should be used as a victim.”