Vocabulary

What does 一難去ってまた一難 (いちなんさってまたいちなん) mean?

一難去ってまた一難 (いちなんさってまたいちなん) means no sooner is one trouble over than another appears (lit. one disaster leaves and another arrives).

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no sooner is one trouble over than another appears (lit. one disaster leaves and another arrives)

Example sentences

  • Just when I thought the typhoon had passed, heavy rain came; out of the frying pan into the fire.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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