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    3. 火中の栗を拾う

    火中の栗を拾う

    火か中ちゅうの​栗くりを​拾ひろう​

    to take a risk for someone

    NTVerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab33 strokes

    かちゅうのくりをひろう

    Verb

    1.
    to take a risk for someone, to endanger oneself for someone, to gather chestnuts from the fire
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    火
    ひ・-び・ほ-…(1)
    fire
    Kanji
    中
    なか・うち・あた.る…(3)
    in・inside・middle・mean・center
    Kanji
    栗
    くり・おののく…(4)
    chestnut
    Kanji
    拾
    ひろ.う…(2)
    pick up・gather・find・go on foot・ten
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    う
    u
    Kana
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