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jmdict 2832638 Active (id: 1988468)
2832638 jmdict A [id=1988468]
孟母断機の教え
もうぼだんきのおしえ
[1][exp][proverb]
  [note="from a tale about Mencius' mother admonishing him from leaving school early by cutting apart a cloth she was in the middle of weaving"]
  (the lesson that) one should not leave things unfinished
  [see=2832642・断機[1]]



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