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大の虫を生かして小の虫を殺す
【 だいのむしをいかしてしょうのむしをころす 】
1. [exp,v5s] [proverb]
▶ sacrifice something small in order to save something great
▶ lose a leg to save one's life
▶ [lit] to let a large bug live and kill a small one

Conjugations


History:
9. A 2022-08-01 04:18:39  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff: 
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v5s;</pos>
8. A 2014-12-09 05:19:32  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -15 +15 @@
-<gloss>let a large bug live and kill a small one</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">to let a large bug live and kill a small one</gloss>
7. A 2014-12-09 04:17:49  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
6. A* 2014-12-03 03:31:33  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
5. A 2010-08-25 00:58:23  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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