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角を矯めて牛を殺す

つのをためてうしをころす

  • to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; to straighten the horns and kill the cow exp v5s id
Advanced

Kanji

カク

かど • つの

angle; corner; square; horn; antlers

Grade Level 2

7 Strokes

キョウ

た.める

rectify; straighten; correct; reform; cure; control; pretend; falsify

Grade Level 8

17 Strokes

ギュウ

うし

cow

Grade Level 2

4 Strokes

サツ • サイ • セツ

ころ.す • -ごろ.し • そ.ぐ • あや.める

kill; murder; butcher; slice off; split; diminish; reduce; spoil

Grade Level 5

10 Strokes