甘井先ず竭く
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 甘 | 井 | 先 | 竭 |
| かん Grade: S | せい Grade: S | ま Grade: 1 | つ Hyōgaiji |
Etymology
From Literary Chinese 甘井先竭, from 莊子/山木. Literally "a sweet well is the first to be exhausted", because the sweet well has many users.[1]
Proverb
甘井先ず竭く (hiragana かんせいまずつく, rōmaji kansei mazu tsuku)
- highly-skilled men are the first to be exhausted
References
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN