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Meaning of 隴を得て蜀を望む in Japanese
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隴を得て蜀を望む
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Kana Readingろうをえてしょくをのぞむ
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Romajirōwoeteshokuwonozomu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with `mu' ending
- Meaning
- never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more (lit: taking Gansu only to want Sichuan); give him an inch and he'll take a mile
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Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 隴を得て蜀を望む
- Plain Polite
- 隴を得て蜀を望みます
- Negative
- 隴を得て蜀を望まない
- Negative Polite
- 隴を得て蜀を望みません
Past
- Plain
- 隴を得て蜀を望んだ
- Plain Polite
- 隴を得て蜀を望みました
- Negative
- 隴を得て蜀を望まなかった
- Negative Polite
- 隴を得て蜀を望みませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 隴を得て蜀を望んで
- Plain Polite
- 隴を得て蜀を望みまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 隴を得て蜀を望まれる
- Plain Polite
- 隴を得て蜀を望まれます
- Negative
- 隴を得て蜀を望まれない
- Negative Polite
- 隴を得て蜀を望まれません
Kanji in this word
望
JLPT 3
11 strokes
ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect
On'Yomi: ボウ, モウ
Kun'Yomi: のぞ.む, もち
得
JLPT 3
11 strokes
gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit
On'Yomi: トク
Kun'Yomi: え.る, う.る