鶏口牛後
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 鶏 | 口 | 牛 | 後 |
| けい Grade: S |
こう Grade: 1 |
ぎゅう Grade: 2 |
ご Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 鷄口牛後 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]From 鶏口となるも牛後となるなかれ (keikō to naru mo gyūgo to naru nakare)
Idiom
[edit]鶏口牛後 • (keikōgyūgo)
- It is better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 鶏 read as けい
- Japanese terms spelled with 口 read as こう
- Japanese terms spelled with 牛 read as ぎゅう
- Japanese terms spelled with 後 read as ご
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese idioms
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 4 kanji