羹に懲りて膾を吹く - Kiokun Dictionary

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羹に懲りて膾を吹くあつものにこりてなますをふく同音

exp.-ku Godan/u-verb proverb a burnt child dreads the fire; once bitten twice shy; to become overcautious from a bad experience

Notes

Contains

あつもの 갱

at (place, time)

chéng こ.りる 징

(forms plain conjunction) and

minced meat or fish

indicates direct object of action

chuī ふ.く 취

to blow (of the wind)

indicates two contrasting actions

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

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