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角
つの
を
矯
た
めて
牛
うし
を
殺
ころ
す
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, す)
Idiomatic
1. 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;
(lit.)
to straighten the horns and kill the cow
Kanji used
角
angle
矯
fix a flaw
牛
cow
殺
kill
Conjugations...
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