虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず

こけつにいらずんばこじをえず
Alternative readings: こけつにいらずんばこしをえず
Alternative writings: 虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず
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A proverb meaning that you must take risks or face danger to gain something—equivalent to "nothing ventured, nothing gained."

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新しい事業に挑戦するか迷っている彼に、先輩は『虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず』と言った。

To the colleague hesitating about starting a new business, his senior said, 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained.'

祖父はよく『虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず』と言って、私を励ましてくれた。

My grandfather often said, 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained,' to encourage me.