甘井先ず竭く
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |||
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甘 | 井 | 先 | 竭 |
かん Grade: S |
せい Grade: S |
ま Grade: 1 |
つ Hyōgaiji |
Etymology
From Literary Chinese 甘井先竭, from 莊子/山木. Literally "a sweet well is the first to be exhausted", because the sweet well has many users.[1]
Proverb
甘井先ず竭く (hiragana かんせいまずつく, rōmaji kansei mazu tsuku)
References
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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