捕らぬ狸の皮算用

とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう

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Meanings

Expression
1. don't count your chickens before they're hatched; counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught.

捕	catch, capture
狸	tanuki, raccoon
皮	pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)
算	calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability
用	utilize, business, service, use, employ
獲	seize, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to
取	take, fetch, take up

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