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ヒャクリヲユクモノハクジュウヲナカバトス
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. don't count your chickens before they're hatched; there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip;
(lit.)
consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90
Alt. forms
百
ひゃく
里
り
を
行
ゆ
く
者
もの
は
九
く
十
じゅう
を
半
なか
ばとす
百
ひゃく
里
り
を
行
ゆ
くものは
九
く
十
じゅう
を
半
なか
ばとす
ヒャクリヲユクモノハクジュウヲナカバトス
Composed of
ヒャク
hundred; 100
リ
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
モノ
person
クジュウ
ninety; 90
ナカバ
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly