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ひゃくりをゆくものはくじゅうをなかばとす

百里を行く者は九十を半ばとす

表記・読み:百里を行くものは九十を半ばとす・ひゃくりをゆくものはくじゅうをなかばとす

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    don't count your chickens before they're hatched; there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip; consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90

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