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.
Word Pronunciation
文
Example Sentences
kasshitemo nusume izumino mizuwa no. mazu
The eagle does not catch flies.
Characters
Written Form
- 渇 kanji, 11 strokes thirst
- し hiragana, 1 strokes shi
- て hiragana, 1 strokes te
- も hiragana, 3 strokes mo
- 盗 kanji, 11 strokes steal
- 泉 kanji, 9 strokes spring
- の hiragana, 1 strokes no
- 水 kanji, 4 strokes water
- を hiragana, 3 strokes o
- 飲 kanji, 12 strokes drink
- ま hiragana, 3 strokes ma
- ず hiragana, 4 strokes zu
Reading
- か hiragana, 3 strokes ka
- っ hiragana, 1 strokes '
- し hiragana, 1 strokes shi
- て hiragana, 1 strokes te
- も hiragana, 3 strokes mo
- と hiragana, 2 strokes to
- う hiragana, 2 strokes u
- せ hiragana, 3 strokes se
- ん hiragana, 1 strokes n
- の hiragana, 1 strokes no
- み hiragana, 2 strokes mi
- ず hiragana, 4 strokes zu
- を hiragana, 3 strokes o
- の hiragana, 1 strokes no
- ま hiragana, 3 strokes ma
- ず hiragana, 4 strokes zu
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