江戸の敵を長崎で討つ
えどのかたきをながさきでうつ
- to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki exp v5t id
Kanji
江
コウ
え
creek; inlet; bay
戸
コ
と
door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63)
敵
テキ
かたき • あだ • かな.う
enemy; foe; opponent
長
チョウ
なが.い • おさ
long; leader; superior; senior
崎
キ
さき • さい • みさき
promontory; cape; spit
討
トウ
う.つ
chastise; attack; defeat; destroy; conquer