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    3. 先憂後楽

    先憂後楽

    先せん憂ゆう後こう楽らく

    worrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)

    NTNounPolitics & LawKanji Vocab43 strokes

    せんゆうこうらく

    Noun

    1.
    worrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)
    yojijukugo

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    Kanji that make up this word

    先
    さき・ま.ず…(2)
    before・ahead・previous・future・precedence
    憂
    うれ.える・うれ.い・う.い・う.き…(2)
    melancholy・grieve・lament・be anxious・sad…(1)
    後
    のち・うし.ろ・うしろ・あと・おく.れる…(6)
    behind・back・later
    楽
    たの.しい・たの.しむ・この.む…(7)
    music・comfort・ease
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