虫
チュウ • キ
むし
insect; bug; temper
Words
虫ゴム
むしゴム
- valve rubber n
飛んで火に入る夏の虫
とんでひにいるなつのむし
- rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame exp id
小の虫を殺して大の虫を生かす
しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをいかす
- to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and save a large one exp proverb
小の虫を殺して大の虫を生かす
しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをいかす
- to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and save a large one exp proverb
一寸の虫にも五分の魂
いっすんのむしにもごぶのたましい
- tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them exp proverb