"呑舟の魚は枝流に游がず" meaning in Japanese

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Phrase

Forms: 呑舟の魚は枝流に游がず [canonical] (ruby: 呑(どん), 舟(しゅう), 魚(うお), 枝(し), 流(りゅう), 游(およ)), donshū no uo wa shiryū ni oyogazu [romanization]
Etymology: 呑舟の魚 (“boat-swallowing fish”) + は (topical marker) + 枝流 (“tributary”) + に (locative marker) + 游がず (“not swim”, continuative negative of 游ぐ (oyogu, “to swim”)). Calque of Literary Chinese 吞舟之魚，不游枝流 from the chapter "Yang Zhu" of Liezi Etymology templates: {{com|ja|呑舟の魚|は|枝流|に|游がず|pos2=topical marker|pos4=locative marker|pos5=continuative negative of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">游ぐ</i> (oyogu, “to swim”)|sort=とんしゅうのうおはしりゅうにおよがず'|t1=boat-swallowing fish|t3=tributary|t5=not swim}} 呑舟の魚 (“boat-swallowing fish”) + は (topical marker) + 枝流 (“tributary”) + に (locative marker) + 游がず (“not swim”, continuative negative of 游ぐ (oyogu, “to swim”)), {{cal|ja|lzh|吞舟之魚，不游枝流|sort=とんしゅうのうおはしりゅうにおよがず'}} Calque of Literary Chinese 吞舟之魚，不游枝流 Head templates: {{ja-pos|phrase|どんしゅう の うお は しりゅう に およがず}} 呑(どん)舟(しゅう)の魚(うお)は枝(し)流(りゅう)に游(およ)がず • (donshū no uo wa shiryū ni oyogazu)
  1. (literal) boat-swallowing fish do not swim in tributaries Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Fish
    Sense id: en-呑舟の魚は枝流に游がず-ja-phrase-GK7Mma5t Disambiguation of People: 73 27 Disambiguation of Fish: 86 14 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 6 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 62 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 6 kanji: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. (figurative) larger-than-life characters do not associate with unnoteworthy characters, nor do they concern themselves with trivial matters Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-呑舟の魚は枝流に游がず-ja-phrase-~bSWqNrD Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with 6 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 6 kanji: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
     
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