[かちゅうのくりをひろう, kachuunokuriwohirou](exp, v5u) (id) (orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine) to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from a fire[Add to Longdo]
[ももくりさんねんかきはちねん, momokurisannenkakihachinen](exp) it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years to bear fruit, persimmons take eight[Add to Longdo]