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jmdict 2102920 Active (id: 1966780) 
2102920 jmdict A [id=1966780]
火中の栗を拾う
かちゅうのくりをひろう
[1][exp,v5u][id]
  [note="orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine"]
  to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; 
  [lit] to gather chestnuts from the fire


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JMdictDB is an open-source Postgresql database and Python API for managing Japanese dictionary data developed by Stuart McGraw. More information at http://edrdg.org/~smg/. Please report software problems at https://gitlab.com/yamagoya/jmdictdb/issues or email to jmdictdb@mtneva.com.