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Tiger ventured, tiger gained?
虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず (Koketsu ni irazumba koji wo ezu; “If you don’t go into a tiger’s lair you won’t get a tiger cub.”) Definition: Nothing ventured, nothing gained. You won’t succeed at anything special if you’re not willing to stick your neck … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of the Later Han, classical grammar, 虎穴, 虎子, nothing gained, nothing ventured, tiger cub, tiger den, 入らずんば
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