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Cicada <- Mantis <- Oriole <- Courtier <- Pond, of which only the first three are explicit... I did once run across some nice phrases at the end of a karate bo
by aebtebeten 9mo ago
Cicada <- Mantis <- Oriole <- Courtier <- Pond, of which only the first three are explicit...
I did once run across some nice phrases at the end of a karate book, which (judging by the lack of hiragana) had been lifted, unattributed, from a chengyu-style source.
If we take 4-word to be the equivalent of 4-character:
Parry? Wait 'til late
Your lunge surprises yourself
Champion with two techniques
(hmm, that worked better than I thought it might!)
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