[kyoukakusatsugyuu]yoji
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English definition
- trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; the cure is worse than the disease
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Kanji
- 矯rectify; straighten; correct; reform; cure; control; pretend; falsifyキョウ / た.める · 17 strokes矯正不正を矯める奇矯奇矯な癖日本矯正歯科学会枝を矯める歯列矯正歯列矯正器
- 角angle; corner; square; horn; antlersカク / かど、つの · 7 strokes角角度三角三角形街角角川方角多角
- 殺kill; murder; butcher; slice off; split; diminish; reduce; spoilサツ、サイ、セツ / ころ.す、-ごろ.し、そ.ぐ、あや.める · 10 strokes殺し殺気殺人自殺殺さ殺す殺害暗殺
- 牛cowギュウ / うし · 4 strokes牛牛乳牛肉和牛水牛牛舎牛歩子牛