"始めは処女の如く、後は脱兎の如し" meaning in All languages combined

See 始めは処女の如く、後は脱兎の如し on Wiktionary

Phrase [日本語]

Forms: 始めは処女の如く [canonical], 後は脱兎の如し, ハジめはショジョのゴトく, ノチはダットのコトし
  1. 最初のうちはぱっとしないが、(他が油断していると)後になって手腕を発揮することのたとえ。
    Sense id: ja-始めは処女の如く、後は脱兎の如し-ja-phrase-0wumXQXW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: 守如处女,出如脱兔 (中国語), 守如處女,出如脫兔 (中国語)
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語_成句
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "(白文)始如処女、敵人開戸、後如脱兎、敵不及拒。",
    "(訓読文)始めは処女の如く、敵人戸を開くや、後は脱兎の如く、敵は拒ぐに及ばず。",
    "(現代語訳)初めのうち、処女のようにおどおどしていれば、敵は(油断して)門戸を開くであろう、それからは、逃げる兔のように素早く攻撃すれば、敵はもう防ぐことはできない。"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "ハジめはショジョのゴトく"
    },
    {
      "form": "ノチはダットのコトし"
    }
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        "最初のうちはぱっとしないが、(他が油断していると)後になって手腕を発揮することのたとえ。"
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      "lang": "中国語",
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      "word": "守如处女,出如脱兔"
    },
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      "word": "守如處女,出如脫兔"
    }
  ],
  "word": "始めは処女の如く、後は脱兎の如し"
}
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    "(白文)始如処女、敵人開戸、後如脱兎、敵不及拒。",
    "(訓読文)始めは処女の如く、敵人戸を開くや、後は脱兎の如く、敵は拒ぐに及ばず。",
    "(現代語訳)初めのうち、処女のようにおどおどしていれば、敵は(油断して)門戸を開くであろう、それからは、逃げる兔のように素早く攻撃すれば、敵はもう防ぐことはできない。"
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      "form": "始めは処女の如く",
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    },
    {
      "form": "後は脱兎の如し"
    },
    {
      "form": "ハジめはショジョのゴトく"
    },
    {
      "form": "ノチはダットのコトし"
    }
  ],
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        "最初のうちはぱっとしないが、(他が油断していると)後になって手腕を発揮することのたとえ。"
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      "lang": "中国語",
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      "word": "守如处女,出如脱兔"
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