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Japanese
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
甘井先ず竭く • (kansei mazu tsuku)
- highly-skilled men are the first to be exhausted
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