Word Meaning 三十六計逃げるにしかず

さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかず sanjuurokkeinigerunishikazu

三十六計逃げるにしかず is read as さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかず (sanjuurokkeinigerunishikazu) and means the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat.

Meaning

English

the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat

Reading

Kana

さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかず

Romaji

sanjuurokkeinigerunishikazu

Writing Variants

三十六計逃げるに如かず さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかず sanjuurokkeinigerunishikazu

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 44 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb ✓ Rank 96192 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

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三十六計

さんじゅうろっけい

the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)

三十六歌仙

さんじゅうろっかせん

the thirty-six immortal poets (of the Heian period; as named by Fujiwara no Kintō)

三十六字母

さんじゅうろくじぼ

36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)

六十の三つ子

ろくじゅうのみつご

an old man is twice a child

富嶽三十六景

ふがくさんじゅうろっけい

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai)

三十三所

さんじゅうさんしょ

thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon (Avalokitesvara)

三十番神

さんじゅうばんじん

the thirty guardian deities (one for each day of the lunar month)

三十

みそ

thirty

三十八度線

さんじゅうはちどせん

38th parallel (that demarcates North Korea and South Korea)

三十日

みそか

last day of the month

三十戸

さんじっこ

thirty houses

三辺合計

さんぺんごうけい

sum of the length, width and height (of a package, etc.)