"甘井先ず竭く" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [Japanese]

Forms: 甘井先ず竭く [canonical] (ruby: (かん), (せい), (), ()), kansei mazu tsuku [romanization]
Etymology: Calque of Literary Chinese 甘井先竭 (gānjǐngxiānjié), from 莊子/山木. Literally "a sweet well is the first to be exhausted", because the sweet well has many users. Etymology templates: {{calque|ja|lzh|甘井先竭|sort=かんせいまずつく}} Calque of Literary Chinese 甘井先竭 (gānjǐngxiānjié), {{lang|zh|莊子/山木}} 莊子/山木 Head templates: {{ja-pos|proverb|かんせい まず つく}} 甘(かん)井(せい)先(ま)ず竭(つ)く • (kansei mazu tsuku)
  1. highly-skilled men are the first to be exhausted Wikipedia link: Daijisen, ja:松村明
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