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<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>