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Unclassified Expression, う-verb (う)

火中(かちゅう)の栗(くり)を拾(ひろ)うto take a risk for someone, to endanger oneself for someone, to gather chestnuts from the fire

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    1. Expression, う-verb (う)

      1. 1.

        to take a risk for someone, to endanger oneself for someone, to gather chestnuts from the fire

        Idiomatic expression, orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine

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    火中の栗を拾う 【かちゅうのくりをひろう】

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