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火か中ちゅうの栗くりを拾ひろう
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, う)
Idiomatic
1. to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; (lit.) to gather chestnuts from the fire
orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine
Kanji used
火
fire
中
in
栗
chestnut
拾
pick up (off the ground)
Conjugations...Used in: 63
Composed of
in the fire; in the flames; (arch.) burning (something)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
to pick up; to find; to gather