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jmdict 2832638 Active (id: 1988468)
孟母断機の教え
もうぼだんきのおしえ
1. [exp] [proverb]
《from a tale about Mencius' mother admonishing him from leaving school early by cutting apart a cloth she was in the middle of weaving》
▶ (the lesson that) one should not leave things unfinished
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2832642 断機 1. cutting the threads on a loom



History:
4. A 2018-10-09 02:13:24  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2018-10-07 09:27:27  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Etymology → note. Tried my best to shorten it. Also added "(the lesson that)" since it's の教え
  Diff:
@@ -14,2 +14,2 @@
-<gloss>one should not leave things unfinished</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="expl">when a young Mencius returned home during the middle of school, his mother cut off the cloth she had been weaving on the loom to admonish him for stopping his studies midway</gloss>
+<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>
2. A 2017-07-02 00:52:18  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Wordy, but interesting.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="2832642">断機</xref>
@@ -15 +15 @@
-<gloss>when a young Mencius returned home during the middle of school, his mother cut off the cloth she had been weaving on the loom to admonish him for stopping his studies midway</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">when a young Mencius returned home during the middle of school, his mother cut off the cloth she had been weaving on the loom to admonish him for stopping his studies midway</gloss>
1. A* 2017-07-01 16:20:35  Alan Cheng <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr, daijs
  Comments:
I have no idea how this entry should be formatted...the expression 
doesn't make any sense without the tale behind it but it is quite long!

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