渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず
かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず
kasshitemotousen'nomizuwonomazu
JMdict entry #2081530
- expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) proverb better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty
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Example sentences
渇しても盗泉の水は飲まず。
kasshi te mo tou sen no mizu ha noma zu 。
The eagle does not catch flies.