Results, 虻蜂取らず あぶはちとらず

虻蜂取らず・あぶはち取らず【あぶはちとらずabuhachitorazu】アブハチ取らず【アブハチとらずABUHACHItorazu】虻蜂とらず【あぶはちとらずabuhachitorazu】

expression:

  • attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee [literal] - proverb

Kanji

虻

ボウBOU・あぶabu

gadfly; horsefly

蜂

ホウHOU・はちhachi

bee; wasp; hornet


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