Word Meaning あちら立てればこちらが立たぬ

あちらたてればこちらがたたぬ achirataterebakochiragatatanu

あちら立てればこちらが立たぬ is read as あちらたてればこちらがたたぬ (achirataterebakochiragatatanu) and means it's hard to please everybody.

Meaning

English

  1. it's hard to please everybody
  2. damned if you do and damned if you don't

Reading

Kana

あちらたてればこちらがたたぬ

Romaji

achirataterebakochiragatatanu

Writing Variants

  • 彼方立てれば此方が立たぬ あちらたてればこちらがたたぬ achirataterebakochira ga tatanu

Stroke Sequence

14 Characters • 42 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Proverb Rank 72905 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

私立

しりつ

private (establishment)

立ち止る

たちどまる

to stop (in one's tracks)

立て前

たてまえ

ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

国立

こくりつ

national

立場

たちば

position

中立

ちゅうりつ

neutrality

公立

こうりつ

public (institution)

立体

りったい

multi-storey car park

分立

ぶんりつ

segregation

立つ

たつ

to be (the result of a division)

立ちよる

たちよる

to drop in (at)