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jmdict 2832638 Active (id: 1988468)
<entry>
<ent_seq>2832638</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>孟母断機の教え</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>もうぼだんきのおしえ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<xref>断機</xref>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<s_inf>from a tale about Mencius' mother admonishing him from leaving school early by cutting apart a cloth she was in the middle of weaving</s_inf>
<gloss>(the lesson that) one should not leave things unfinished</gloss>
</sense>
</entry>



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