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[proverb]
▶ better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth ▶ don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are ▶ [lit] refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty |
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| 7. | A 2018-01-16 09:13:23 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 6. | A* 2018-01-03 23:48:06 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | "batten" in saitou and some other Japanese sources but yes, they must have meant "fatten." |
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| Diff: | @@ -13 +13 @@ -<gloss>better starve than batten on ill-gotten wealth</gloss> +<gloss>better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth</gloss> |
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| 5. | A 2017-12-05 23:40:00 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | "batten on"?? |
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| 4. | A* 2017-12-05 08:34:30 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | 斎藤和英大辞典 daijs: "《孔子はのどが渇いても、盗泉という名を嫌って、その水 は飲まなかったという陸機「猛虎行」の故事から》" indeed translated as "Robber's Spring" in this book https://books.google.co.jp/books? id=RrSBZfFui84C&pg=PA1989&dq=Sishui+spring&hl=en&sa=X&ve d=0ahUKEwjfqePnuvLXAhVK2IMKHVFxCJ8Q6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q= Sishui%20spring&f=false |
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| Diff: | @@ -13,3 +13,3 @@ -<gloss>Don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are</gloss> -<gloss>The eagle does not hunt flies</gloss> -<gloss g_type="lit">Don't drink from "Robber's Spring" even if thirsty</gloss> +<gloss>better starve than batten on ill-gotten wealth</gloss> +<gloss>don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty</gloss> |
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| 3. | A 2015-11-13 06:32:18 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Diff: | @@ -13 +12,0 @@ -<gloss>Don't drink from "Robber's Spring" even if thirsty</gloss> @@ -15,0 +15 @@ +<gloss g_type="lit">Don't drink from "Robber's Spring" even if thirsty</gloss> |
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