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    3. 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず

    虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず

    虎こ穴けつに​入いら​ず​ん​ば​虎こ子じを​得えず​

    nothing ventured, nothing gained

    NTExpressionsLiteratureKanji Vocab59 strokes

    虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず

    こけつにいらずんばこじをえずこけつにいらずんばこしをえず

    Expressions

    1.
    nothing ventured, nothing gained, you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    虎
    とら…(2)
    tiger・drunkard
    Kanji
    穴
    あな…(4)
    hole・aperture・slit・cave・den
    Kanji
    入
    い.る・-い.る・-い.り・い.れる・-い.れ・はい.る…(7)
    enter・insert
    Kanji
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
    Kanji
    得
    え.る・う.る…(3)
    gain・get・find・earn・acquire…(6)
    Kanji
    に
    ni
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    ず
    zu
    Kana
    ん
    n
    Kana
    ば
    ba
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
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    • 入
    • 子
    • 得
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    • ら
    • ず
    • ん
    • ば
    • を

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