Definition of 孟母断機の教え (もうぼだんきのおしえ)

もうぼだんきおし

孟母断機の教え

もうぼだんきのおしえ

moubodankinooshie

View details for kanji: 孟View details for kanji: 母View details for kanji: 断View details for kanji: 機View details for kanji: 教
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(the lesson that) one should not leave things unfinished(proverb)(from a tale about Mencius' mother admonishing him from leaving school early by cutting apart a cloth she was in the middle of weaving)
See also:断機
Related Kanji
孟 chief, beginning
母 mother
断 severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting
機 loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
教 teach, faith, doctrine