Word Meaning 大は小を兼ねる

だいはしょうをかねる dai ha shou o kaneru

大は小を兼ねる is read as だいはしょうをかねる (dai ha shou o kaneru) and means the greater embraces the less.

Meaning

English

  1. the greater embraces the less
  2. better too big than too small

Reading

Kana

だいはしょうをかねる

Romaji

dai ha shou o kaneru

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb Rank 54792 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大同小異

だいどうしょうい

essentially the same with only minor differences

大衆小説

たいしゅうしょうせつ

novel for the masses

大阪教育大付属池田小学校

おおさかきょういくだいふぞくいけだしょうがっこう

Ikeda Elementary School attached to Osaka Kyoiku University

大小

だいしょう

daishō (matched pair of long and short swords)

中小企業大学

ちゅうしょうきぎょうだいがく

Chuushoukigyou University

拡大縮小

かくだいしゅくしょう

scaling

小異を捨てて大同につく

しょういをすててだいどうにつく

to overlook minor differences for the sake of the common good

大丈夫

だいじょうぶ

great man

大刀

たち

straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

大統領

だいとうりょう

president (of a nation)

Example Sentences

1

It might be a bit big but this envelope will do just fine. It's better to be too big than too small.