大 の虫 を生 かして小 の虫 を殺 す daino mushio ikashi teshōno mushio korosu
daino mushio ikashi teshōno mushio korosu
Godan Verb (su)
, Expression
1. sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; to let a large bug live and kill a small one — literal
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