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    3. 百里を行く者は九十を半ばとす

    百里を行く者は九十を半ばとす

    百ひゃく里りを​行ゆく​者ものは​九く十じゅうを​半なかば​と​す​

    don't count your chickens before they're hatched

    NTExpressionsLiteratureKanji Vocab55 strokes

    百里を行くものは九十を半ばとす

    ひゃくりをゆくものはくじゅうをなかばとす

    Expressions

    1.
    don't count your chickens before they're hatched, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    百
    もも…(11)
    hundred
    Kanji
    里
    さと…(2)
    ri・village・parent's home・league
    Kanji
    行
    い.く・ゆ.く・-ゆ.き・-ゆき・-い.き・-いき…(11)
    going・journey・carry out・conduct・act…(3)
    Kanji
    者
    もの…(1)
    someone・person
    Kanji
    九
    ここの・ここの.つ…(6)
    nine
    Kanji
    十
    とお・と・そ…(15)
    ten
    Kanji
    半
    なか.ば…(2)
    half・middle・odd number・semi-・part-
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
    は
    ha
    Kana
    ば
    ba
    Kana
    と
    to
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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    • 里
    • 行
    • 者
    • 九
    • 十
    • 半
    • を
    • く
    • は
    • ば
    • と
    • す

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