甘井先ず竭く
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |||
---|---|---|---|
甘 | 井 | 先 | 竭 |
かん Grade: S |
せい Grade: 4 |
ま Grade: 1 |
つ Hyōgaiji |
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Literary Chinese 甘井先竭 (gānjǐngxiānjié), from 莊子/山木. Literally "a sweet well is the first to be exhausted", because the sweet well has many users.[1]
Proverb[edit]
甘井先ず竭く • (kansei mazu tsuku)
References[edit]
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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- Japanese terms spelled with 甘 read as かん
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- Japanese terms spelled with 先 read as ま
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