盗人を捕らえて見れば我が子なり

ぬすびとをとらえてみればわがこなり

Meanings

1. Expression the doting parent's purse is plundered (literally: the thief caught turns out to be one's own son)

Kanji

• 盗 steal
• 人 person. Read as ひと.
• 捕 catch. Read as とらえる.
• 見 see. Read as みる.
• 我 ego. Read as わが.
• 子 child

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