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    3. 海老で鯛を釣る

    海老で鯛を釣る

    海え老びで​鯛たいを​釣つる​

    to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale

    NTVerbFood & DiningLiteratureKanji Vocab52 strokes

    えびでたいをつる

    Verb

    1.
    to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale, to use a sprat to catch a mackerel, to get big returns on a small investment
    idiomatic expression

    Stroke 0 / 52

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    海
    うみ…(16)
    sea・ocean
    Kanji
    老
    お.いる・ふ.ける…(4)
    old man・old age・grow old
    Kanji
    鯛
    たい…(1)
    sea bream・red snapper
    Kanji
    釣
    つ.る・つ.り・つ.り-…(2)
    angling・fish・catch・allure・ensnare
    Kanji
    で
    de
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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