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