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鳶とんびが鷹たかを生うむ
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, む)
Idiomatic
1. to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg; (lit.) a kite gives birth to a hawk
Alt. forms
鳶とんびが鷹たかを生うむ
トンビがタカを生うむ
トンビが鷹たかを生うむ
とんびが鷹たかを生うむ
Kanji used
鳶
black kite (a type of bird)
鷹
hawk
生
life
Conjugations...Used in: 12
Composed of
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
hawk; falcon
① 子や卵を母体から離して外へ出す。② 今まで無かったものを新たに作り出す。