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[proverb]
▶ thousands die to make one hero ▶ [lit] one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry
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2. | A 2018-02-06 22:40:54 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
1. | A* 2018-02-06 08:31:56 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | enwiktionary daij kojien saito (as 一将功成って万骨枯る) chujiten (as 一将功成って万骨枯る) I based the [lit] on enwiki but changed it from "ten thousand bones decay" based on daijs 枯れる definitions: ④ 人・虫・魚などが死んでひからびる。 「虫などの-・れたるに似 てをかし/枕草子 40」 ⑤ 傷口がかわく。かせる。 「督の殿々御瘡-・れさせ給つれど/栄 花 嶺の月」 |