獅子は我が子を千尋の谷に落とす

ししはわがこをせんじんのたににおとすshishihawagakoosenjinnotaniniotosu

expression

  1. make your dear ones face trials so that they may grow
  2. spare the rod, spoil the child
  3. the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences