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    3. 策士策に溺れる

    策士策に溺れる

    策さく士し策さくに​溺おぼれ​る​

    craft brings nothing home

    NTVerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab46 strokes

    さくしさくにおぼれる

    Verb

    1.
    craft brings nothing home, the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    策
    scheme・plan・policy・step・means
    Kanji
    士
    さむらい…(3)
    gentleman・scholar・samurai・samurai radical (no. 33)
    Kanji
    溺
    いばり・おぼ.れる…(3)
    drown・indulge
    Kanji
    に
    ni
    Kana
    れ
    re
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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