Vocabulary
What does 仏の顔も三度まで (ほとけのかおもさんどまで) mean?
仏の顔も三度まで (ほとけのかおもさんどまで) means even the gentlest person will lose patience if wronged repeatedly (lit. even the Buddha’s face is patient only up to three times).
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仏の顔も三度までほとけのかおもさんどまで
TOPICS
even the gentlest person will lose patience if wronged repeatedly (lit. even the Buddha’s face is patient only up to three times)
Example sentences
仏の顔も三度までだから、同じ失敗を繰り返すのはやめなさい。
Even the Buddha only forgives three times, so stop repeating the same mistake.