甘井先ず竭く
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Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 甘 | 井 | 先 | 竭 |
| かん Grade: S |
せい Grade: 4 |
ま Grade: 1 |
つ Hyōgai |
Etymology
[edit]Calque of Literary Chinese 甘井先竭 (gānjǐngxiānjié), from 莊子/山木. Literally "a sweet well is the first to be exhausted", because the sweet well has many users.[1]
Proverb
[edit]甘井先ず竭く • (kansei mazu tsuku)
References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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- Japanese terms spelled with 甘 read as かん
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