渇 しても盗泉 の水 を飲 まず ka' shitemo tōsenno mizuo nomazu
ka' shitemo tōsenno mizuo nomazu
Expression
1. better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty — literal
Proverb
kasshitemo nusume izumino mizuwa no. mazu
The eagle does not catch flies.
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Example Sentences
kasshitemo nusume izumino mizuwa no. mazu
The eagle does not catch flies.
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