虎は千里往って千里還る
とらはせんりいってせんりかえる
Also written 虎は千里行って千里帰る
Meanings
- Expression, Godan verb a parent will do anything for their child (literally: a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)) See also: 千里 (せんり).
Kanji
- 虎 tiger. Read as とら.
- 千 thousand. Read as セン.
- 里 hamlet
- 往 outbound. Read as いく.
- 還 send back. Read as かえる.