かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず
渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず
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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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
Example Sentences
渇しても盗泉の水は飲まず。
The eagle does not catch flies.