窮鼠猫を噛む
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 窮 | 鼠 | 猫 | 噛 |
| きゅう Grade: S |
そ Hyōgai |
ねこ Grade: S |
か Hyōgai |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 窮鼠猫を嚙む (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]Calque of Literary Chinese 窮鼠嚙狸 (qióngshǔ nièlí, literally “a cornered rat will bite a cat”), from the Discourses on Salt and Iron (鹽鐵論·詔聖 / 盐铁论·诏圣). Note that the character 狸 (lí) is replaced by 猫 in Japanese.
Proverb
[edit]窮鼠猫を噛む • (kyūso neko o kamu)
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- Japanese terms spelled with 鼠 read as そ
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- Japanese terms derived from Literary Chinese
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