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jmdict 1636770 Active (id: 2149146)
兄たり難く弟たり難し
けいたりがたくていたりがたし
1. [exp] [id]
▶ both people are superb in skill (and thus it is hard to rank them)



History:
4. A 2021-10-04 23:28:45  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -13 +12,0 @@
-<gloss>both are equally fine (so it's hard to determine which is the best)</gloss>
3. A* 2021-10-03 18:42:59 
  Comments:
I think it needs to have the word "people" in it. Added suggestion.
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>both people are superb in skill (and thus it is hard to rank them)</gloss>
2. A* 2021-10-03 12:55:01  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs
https://imidas.jp/proverb/detail/X-02-C-09-1-0012.html
  Comments:
wanted to add lit like "it is hard to say which is the older brother and which is the younger brother" but that's 
really the meaning but not what it literally says.
  Diff:
@@ -13,2 +13 @@
-<gloss>there is little to choose between the two</gloss>
-<gloss>they're both about the same</gloss>
+<gloss>both are equally fine (so it's hard to determine which is the best)</gloss>
1. A 2018-01-09 06:53:36  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>

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