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王侯将相いずくんぞ種あらんや
おうこうしょうしょういずくんぞしゅあらんや
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ high status does not depend on birth
▶ every man can achieve great power if he exerts himself



History:
4. A 2023-10-22 12:41:32  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
3. A 2023-10-22 04:55:50  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Quiet
2. A* 2023-10-13 08:12:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q12177806807
  Comments:
Proverb? Not sure this makes it as an entry but it appears in quite a lot of web pages.
  Diff:
@@ -11,2 +11,3 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<gloss>every man, regardless of birth, has the chance to become someone with great power if he exerts himself</gloss>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<gloss>high status does not depend on birth</gloss>
+<gloss>every man can achieve great power if he exerts himself</gloss>
1. A* 2023-09-29 06:27:10 
  Refs:
wiktionary nikk
王侯将相いずくんぞ	1878	 
fom the Chinese 
王侯將相寧有種乎

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