飛んで火に入る夏の虫

とんでひにいるなつのむし

Meanings

1. Expression rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame

Kanji

• 飛 fly. Read as とぶ.
• 火 fire
• 入 enter. Read as いる.
• 夏 summer. Read as なつ.
• 虫 insect. Read as むし.

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