[tsunootameteushiokorosu]idiom
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English definition
- 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
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Kanji
- 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
- 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
- 牛cowギュウ / うし · 4 strokes牛牛乳牛肉和牛水牛牛舎牛歩子牛
- 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