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鳶が鷹を生むトンビが鷹を生む [sK] とんびが鷹を生む [sK] トンビがタカを生む [sK]
とんびがたかをうむとびがたかをうむ
1. [exp,v5m] [id]
▶ to have a talented child despite being untalented
▶ a black hen lays a white egg
▶ [lit] a kite gives birth to a hawk

Conjugations


History:
18. A 2023-12-11 23:44:40  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK
17. A* 2023-12-11 03:23:04  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Many of the kokugos only have one reading or the other. I think it would be good to keep both readings.
Since this is a relatively rare expression, I think we can hide all but the first kanji form.

〈鳶/とび/とんび/トビ/トンビ〉が〈鷹/たか/タカ〉を〈生/う〉む

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーー─┬─────┬───────╮
│ 鳶が鷹を生む    │ 628 │ 49.3% │
│ トンビが鷹を生む  │ 217 │ 17.0% │
│ とんびが鷹を生む  │ 173 │ 13.6% │
│ トンビがタカを生む │ 109 │  8.6% │
│ 鳶が鷹をうむ    │  35 │  2.7% │
│ トビが鷹を生む   │  26 │  2.0% │
│ とんびがたかをうむ │  56 │  4.4% │
│ トンビがタカをうむ │  30 │  2.4% │
├─ーーーーーーーーー─┼─────┼───────┤
│ 鳶が鷹を生ん    │ 218 │ 54.0% │
│ トンビが鷹を生ん  │  82 │ 20.3% │
│ トンビがタカを生ん │  66 │ 16.3% │
│ とんびが鷹を生ん  │  38 │  9.4% │
╰─ーーーーーーーーー─┴─────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -11,0 +13 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -14,0 +17 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -21 +23,0 @@
-<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
16. A* 2023-12-11 03:03:42  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
鳶が鷹を生む	628	53.1%
トンビが鷹を生む	217	18.3%
とんびが鷹を生む	173	14.6%
トンビがタカを生む	109	9.2%
とんびがたかをうむ	56	4.7%
とびがたかをうむ	0	0.0%
とびが鷹を生む	0	0.0%
  Comments:
Or the とびがたかをうむ could simply be dropped.
  Diff:
@@ -21 +21 @@
-<re_restr>鳶が鷹を生む</re_restr>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
15. A 2021-08-26 22:06:29  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -29 +29 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">for a kite to give birth to a hawk</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">a kite gives birth to a hawk</gloss>
14. A 2021-08-25 04:56:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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