大の虫を生かして小の虫を殺す
だいのむしをいかしてしょうのむしをころす
Meanings
- Expression, Godan verb sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life (literally: to let a large bug live and kill a small one)
Kanji
- 大 big. Read as ダイ.
- 虫 insect. Read as むし.
- 生 life. Read as ショウ.
- 小 small. Read as ショウ.
- 殺 kill. Read as ころす.