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    3. 女賢しくて牛売り損なう

    女賢しくて牛売り損なう

    女おんな賢さかし​く​て​牛うし売うり​損そこな​う​

    even a clever woman is bound to mess up

    NTVerbReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab54 strokes

    おんなさかしくてうしうりそこなう

    Verb

    1.
    even a clever woman is bound to mess up, a woman's intelligence only goes so far, female sagacity overreaches itself, a clever woman fails to sell a cow
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    女
    おんな・め…(7)
    woman・female
    Kanji
    賢
    かしこ.い…(11)
    intelligent・wise・wisdom・cleverness
    Kanji
    牛
    うし…(3)
    cow
    Kanji
    売
    う.る・う.れる…(4)
    sell
    Kanji
    損
    そこ.なう・そこな.う・-そこ.なう・そこ.ねる・-そこ.ねる…(1)
    damage・loss・disadvantage・hurt・injure
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
    う
    u
    Kana
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