か |
---|
火 |
ちゅ | う |
---|---|
中 |
の |
く | り |
---|---|
栗 |
を |
ひ | ろ |
---|---|
拾 |
う |
expression, Godan verb
Idiomatic expression. Orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine.- to take a risk for someone, to endanger oneself for someone, to gather chestnuts from the fire.
Variations
Pronunciation | Kanji | Kana | Is Common | |||||||||||||||||
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火中の栗を拾う | かちゅうのくりをひろう |
Contained Kanji Breakdown
in, inside, middle
なか チュウ うち (1st, N5)