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渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず

かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず

better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth

Pronunciation

かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず

Contains Kanji

渇
かつ
thirst
盗
とう
steal
泉
せん
spring
水
すい
water
飲
いん
drink

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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 proverb.

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