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    3. 渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず

    渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず

    渇かっし​て​も​盗とう泉せんの​水みずを​飲のま​ず​

    better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth

    NTExpressionsLiteratureKanji Vocab63 strokes

    かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず

    Expressions

    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
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    渇
    かわ.く…(1)
    thirst・dry up・parch
    Kanji
    盗
    ぬす.む・ぬす.み…(1)
    steal・rob・pilfer
    Kanji
    泉
    いずみ…(7)
    spring・fountain
    Kanji
    水
    みず・みず-…(10)
    water
    Kanji
    飲
    の.む・-の.み…(2)
    drink・smoke・take
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    も
    mo
    Kana
    の
    no
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    ず
    zu
    Kana
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    • 渇
    • 盗
    • 泉
    • 水
    • 飲
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    • て
    • も
    • の
    • を
    • ま
    • ず

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