孟母断機の教え

もうぼだんきのおしえ

Meanings

1. Expression (the lesson that) one should not leave things unfinished (from a tale about Mencius' mother admonishing him from leaving school early by cutting apart a cloth she was in the middle of weaving) See also: 断機 (だんき).

Kanji

• 孟 chief; beginning. Read as モウ.
• 母 mother
• 断 sever. Read as ダン.
• 機 machine
• 教 teach. Read as おしえる.

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