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朝三暮四
ちょうさんぼし
1. [n] [yoji]
▶ being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance
▶ six of one and half a dozen of another



History:
3. A 2016-09-06 02:10:33  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
ルミナス (has the idiom)
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>six of one and half a dozen of another</gloss>
2. A* 2016-09-03 05:01:56  Fred Smith <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
This is equivalent to the English idiom of "six of one half a dozen of another"
1. A 2014-08-25 02:22:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Kanji Haitani list
  Comments:
Adding yoji tagAdding yoji tag
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&yoji;</misc>

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