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    3. 駟も舌に及ばず

    駟も舌に及ばず

    駟しも​舌したに​及およば​ず​

    rumors travel faster than a four-horse carriage

    NTExpressionsLiteratureKanji Vocab39 strokes

    しもしたにおよばず

    Expressions

    1.
    rumors travel faster than a four-horse carriage, a word once uttered cannot be recalled
    proverb

    Stroke 0 / 39

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    Characters that make up this word

    駟
    four horses
    Kanji
    舌
    した…(1)
    tongue・reed・clapper
    Kanji
    及
    およ.ぶ・およ.び・および・およ.ぼす…(3)
    reach out・exert・exercise・cause
    Kanji
    も
    mo
    Kana
    に
    ni
    Kana
    ば
    ba
    Kana
    ず
    zu
    Kana
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