Word Meaning 二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず

にとをおうものはいっとをもえず nito o oumono ha ittoomoezu

二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず is read as にとをおうものはいっとをもえず (nito o oumono ha ittoomoezu) and means if you run after two hares you will catch neither.

Meaning

English

if you run after two hares you will catch neither

Reading

Kana

にとをおうものはいっとをもえず

Romaji

nito o oumono ha ittoomoezu

Stroke Sequence

13 Characters • 63 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

二者択一

にしゃたくいつ

choosing between two things

二兎を追う

にとをおう

to chase after two hares

二者

にしゃ

two things

二十一箇条要求

にじゅういっかじょうようきゅう

The Twenty-One Demands

二個一

にこいち

combining the working parts of two or more broken machines to make one functioning machine

二十日兎

はつかうさぎ

pika (rabbit-like animal of family Ochotonidae)

二兎

にと

two rabbits

一二に及ばず

いちににおよばず

right away

鹿を追う者は山を見ず

しかをおうものはやまをみず

zeal is a bad servant

去る者は追わず、来たる者は拒まず

さるものはおわずきたるものはこばまず

do not pursue those who leave you and do not turn away those who come to you

去る者追わず

さるものおわず

do not chase the one who leaves

去る者は追わず

さるものはおわず

do not pursue those who leave you

Example Sentences

二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず。

If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.