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"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "損人不利己"
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"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
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"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "sattua omaan nilkkaan"
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"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "sich ins eigene Fleisch schneiden"
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"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "darsi la zappa sui piedi"
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"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
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"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "вы́колю себе́ глаз, пусть у тёщи зять криво́й бу́дет"
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"english": "lit: I'll get my ears frostbitten to spite my mom",
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"roman": "nazló máme otmoróžu úši",
"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "назло́ ма́ме отморо́жу у́ши"
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"word": "tirar piedras contra el propio tejado"
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"word": "損人不利己"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sǔnrén bù lìjǐ",
"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "损人不利己"
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"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "wie zijn neus schendt schendt zijn aangezicht"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "sattua omaan nilkkaan"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "sich ins eigene Fleisch schneiden"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "darsi la zappa sui piedi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "spararsi sui piedi"
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"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"tags": [
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"word": "na złość babci odmrozić sobie uszy"
},
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"english": "lit. to hit oneself in the head",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "a-și da singur în cap"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"english": "lit. to steal one's own cap",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "a-și fura singur căciula"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výkolju sebé glaz, pustʹ u tjóšči zjatʹ krivój búdet",
"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "вы́колю себе́ глаз, пусть у тёщи зять криво́й бу́дет"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "lit: I'll get my ears frostbitten to spite my mom",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nazló máme otmoróžu úši",
"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "назло́ ма́ме отморо́жу у́ши"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "tirar piedras contra el propio tejado"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "tirar piedras al propio tejado"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "tirar piedras sobre el propio tejado"
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary",
"word": "burgaga achchiq qilib ko'rpa yoqish"
}
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"word": "cut off one's nose to spite one's face"
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