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煩悩の犬は追えども去らず
【 ぼんのうのいぬはおえどもさらず 】
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ one cannot escape from one's worldly desires
▶ [lit] the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away



History:
2. A 2018-06-06 11:39:07  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
From GG5 (could be tagged "lit".)
  Diff: 
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss g_type="lit">the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away</gloss>
1. A* 2018-06-06 05:08:34  Alan Cheng <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daijr/s
  Comments: 
I couldn't come up with an elegant literal translation, but one should probably be added.

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