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[かっ(渇)·し·て·も·とう(盗)·せん(泉)·の·みず(水)·を·の(飲)·ま·ず]
kasshitemotousennomizuwonomazu
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English Meaning(s) for 渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず

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  1. better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty
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Meanings for each kanji in 渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず

» thirst; dry up; parch
» steal; rob; pilfer
» spring; fountain
» water
» take; drink; smoke

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HI

Can someone help me out with this? I'm not sure to hear/read correctly

1) I can't find the meaning of the kana 盗 : or does it refer to the name Robber - but this Robbr sounds so very English to me and not really Japanese. Where does it stand for ? 

2) The audio is really fast to me and I miss a part, exactly the one 盗泉

I can't recognize the とう 盗 and the せん    for 泉

For 盗 I can not even identifie what sound it should be and for 泉 i wonder if it is not rather いずみ　

 

ありがと

#1 Posted by LePetitSoleil over 9 years ago


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