Word Meaning 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 no mizu o nomazu
渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず is read as かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず (kasshitemotousen no mizu o nomazu) and means better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth.
Meaning
English
- 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
Reading
Kana
かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず
Romaji
kasshitemotousen no mizu o nomazu