甘井先ず竭く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
せい
Grade: 4

Grade: 1

Hyōgai

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 甘井先竭 (gānjǐngxiānjié), from 莊子/山木. Literally "a sweet well is the first to be exhausted", because the sweet well has many users.

Proverb

(かん)(せい)()() (kansei mazu tsuku

  1. highly-skilled men are the first to be exhausted

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN