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ヨクノクマタカマタサク
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. avarice brings doom upon oneself; grasp all, lose all;
(lit.)
the greedy hawk-eagle splits in half (when trying to catch two boars at once)
Alt. forms
欲
よく
の
熊
くま
鷹
たか
股
また
裂
さ
く
ヨクノクマタカマタサク
Composed of
ヨク
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
クマタカ
Hodgson's hawk eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis); mountain hawk-eagle
マタ
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)