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三猿
Hiragana
さんえん
Noun
collective
Japanese Meaning
日光東照宮の神厩舎の彫刻で有名な「見ざる・聞かざる・言わざる」の三匹の猿。また、それを題材にした意匠やモチーフ。 / 悪いことを見ない・聞かない・言わないという戒めや心がけを象徴的に表したもの。
Easy Japanese Meaning
みざるきかざるいわざるの三びきのさるをまとめてよぶこと
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
“非礼勿视、非礼勿听、非礼勿言”的三只猴子 / 三不猴（不看、不听、不说）的合称 / 不见、不闻、不言的三猴形象
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
指「不見、不聞、不言」的三隻猴子 / 表示不要看、不要聽、不要說壞事的象徵
Korean Meaning
‘보지 않음, 듣지 않음, 말하지 않음’을 상징하는 세 원숭이 / 악을 보지도 듣지도 말하지 말라는 격언을 나타내는 세 마리 원숭이
Vietnamese Meaning
ba con khỉ tượng trưng ‘không thấy điều ác, không nghe điều ác, không nói điều ác’ / bộ ba khỉ không thấy, không nghe, không nói / hình tượng ba khỉ tránh điều xấu
Sense（1）
(collective) the three monkeys (the see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
monkeys)
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(collective) the three monkeys (the see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
monkeys)
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三猿
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The statue of the three monkeys symbolizes the principle of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
The statue of the three monkeys symbolizes the principle of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
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三猿の彫像は、見ざる、聞かざる、言わざるの原則を象徴しています。
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