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肉を切らせて骨を断つ【にくをきらせてほねをたつnikuwokirasetehonewotatsu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom
貧乏揺るぎもしない【びんぼうゆるぎもしないbinbouyurugimoshinai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
completely motionless; totally still - archaism
肉を切らせて骨を切る【にくをきらせてほねをきるnikuwokirasetehonewokiru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom
朝に道を聞かば、夕べに死すとも可なり【あしたにみちをきかばゆうべにしすともかなりashitanimichiwokikabayuubenishisutomokanari】朝に道を聞かば夕べに死すとも可なり: expression:
if a man hears the Way in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret - from a quote by Confucius - proverb
一将功成りて万骨枯る【いっしょうこうなりてばんこつかるisshoukounaritebankotsukaru】: expression:
thousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry [literal] - proverb
一将功成って万骨枯る【いっしょうこうなってばんこつかるisshoukounattebankotsukaru】一将功なって万骨枯る: expression:
thousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry [literal] - proverb ➜ 一将功成りて万骨枯る
燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや【えんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんやenjakuizukunzokoukokunokokorozashiwoshiran'ya】: expression:
only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans [literal] - proverb - four character idiom
面子が立つ【メンツがたつMENTSUgatatsu】面子がたつ Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to keep face; to save face; to not lose face
面子が揃う【メンツがそろうMENTSUgasorou】メンツが揃う・面子がそろう Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to make a foursome - Mahjong term ➜ メンツ・揃う
己に如かざる者を友とするなかれ【おのれにしかざるものをともとするなかれonorenishikazarumonowotomotosurunakare】己に如かざる者を友とする勿れ: expression:
do not befriend those beneath you - from the Analects of Confucius - proverb
女賢しくて牛売り損なう【おんなさかしくてうしうりそこなうonnasakashikuteushiurisokonau】: expression:
women are not as clever as they think; women should know their place; even a clever woman will fail at selling a cow [literal] - proverb
温良恭倹譲【おんりょうきょうけんじょうonryoukyoukenjou】: noun / expression:
cordial, obedient, respectful, modest, and moderate - orig. said of Confucius
甘井先ず竭く【かんせいまずつくkanseimazutsuku】: expression:
the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long; the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry [literal] - proverb
愚公山を移す【ぐこうやまをうつすgukouyamawoutsusu】: expression:
where there's a will, there's a way - proverb
君子は器ならず【くんしはきならずkunshihakinarazu】: expression:
a true gentleman is well-rounded - proverb
呉牛月に喘ぐ【ごぎゅうつきにあえぐgogyuutsukiniaegu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~ぐ verb:
to be overanxious; to worry needlessly - idiom
徳は孤ならず必ず隣あり【とくはこならずかならずとなりありtokuhakonarazukanarazutonariari】: expression:
the virtuous man will not long remain lonely - from The Analects of Confucius - proverb
火のないところに煙は立たなぬ【ひのないところにけむりはたたなぬhinonaitokoronikemurihatatananu】火のない所に煙は立たなぬ・火の無いところに煙は立たなぬ・火の無い所に煙は立たなぬ: expression:
there's no smoke without fire - proverb
舟に刻して剣を求む【ふねにこくしてけんをもとむfunenikokushitekenwomotomu】: expression:
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing - from a fable in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals - idiom
剣を落として舟を刻む【けんをおとしてふねをきざむkenwootoshitefunewokizamu】: expression:
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing - idiom
舟に刻みて剣を求む【ふねにきざみてけんをもとむfunenikizamitekenwomotomu】: expression:
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing - from a fable in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals - idiom
刻舟【こくしゅうkokushuu】: expression / noun:
not getting with the times; being unaware of how things are changing - idiom
骨になる【ほねになるhoneninaru】骨に成る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to die; to become bones [literal] - idiom
肝に銘ずる【きもにめいずるkimonimeizuru】肝に命ずる^irr. Inflection: expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):
to engrave in one's heart; to inscribe on one's liver [literal] - idiom
骨に刻む【ほねにきざむhonenikizamu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to engrave in one's heart; to inscribe on one's bones [literal] - idiom

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