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jmdict 2834558 Active (id: 1970562)
<entry id="1970562" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2834558</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>甘井先ず竭く</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>かんせいまずつく</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<gloss>the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2018-02-07 05:58:12" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>the flame that burns twice as bright... is apparently from 
Lao Tzu.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daij, enwiktionary
https://encrypted.google.com/search?
num=20&amp;biw=1225&amp;bih=665&amp;tbm=bks&amp;ei=WZV6Wv-
VGsHUjwT8mYaoCA&amp;q=Zhuangzi+well+first+to+dry&amp;oq=Zhuangzi
+well+first+to+dry&amp;gs_l=psy-
ab.3...2730.6896.0.7239.29.22.7.0.0.0.234.2492.1j16j2.19
.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..5.0.0....0.8fKsI3qLsJM</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-02-07 06:15:20" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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