(exp) to do something with painful reluctance
(exp) not exactly correct, but pretty close to it
not far off the mark
(exp) If it was not exciting
(exp) (id) Lose a leg rather than a life
(exp) (id) Nothing venture, nothing gain
(n) (arch) don't do unto others what you would not have done unto you
(exp) (obsc) see Nikko and die (lit: don't say "wonderful" until you've seen Nikko)
(exp) If you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated.
(exp) (id) Better ask than go astray
(exp,v1) ill-gotten gains fade as fast as they were obtained
(exp) (id) You must protect yourself against any possible dangers
(exp) know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
(exp) (id) If Cleopatra's nose had been a little lower, the history of the world might have been different