盗人を捕らえて見れば我が子也

ぬすびとをとらえてみればわがこなり

Meanings

  • Expression

    1. The thief caught turn out to be one's own son.

      idiomatic

Word informations

  • Common word: no
  • JLPT Level: None

Kanji

盗steal, rob, pilfer
人person
捕catch, capture
見see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
我ego, I, selfish, our, oneself
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
也to be (classical)

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