Word Meaning 朝三暮四

ちょうさんぼし chousamboshi

朝三暮四 is read as ちょうさんぼし (chousamboshi) and means being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance.

Meaning

English

being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance
six of one and half a dozen of another

Reading

Kana

ちょうさんぼし

Romaji

chousamboshi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Yojijukugo ✓ Rank 90749 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

朝々暮々

ちょうちょうぼぼ

every morning and evening

朝令暮改

ちょうれいぼかい

an unsettled course of action

朝起きは三文の徳

あさおきはさんもんのとく

the early bird catches the worm

朝雲暮雨

ちょううんぼう

morning clouds and evening rain

再三再四

さいさんさいし

repeatedly

張三李四

ちょうさんりし

the common run of men

六三三四制

ろくさんさんよんせい

six-three-three-four system of education (six years of elementary school, three years each of junior and senior high school and four years of university)

一都一道二府四十三県

いっといちどうにふよんじゅうさんけん

one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper

秩父三十四所

ちちぶさんじゅうよんしょ

thirty-four (orig. thirty-three) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture

四三の星

しそうのほし

the Big Dipper (asterism)

一眼二足三胆四力

いちがんにそくさんたんしりき

firstly vision, secondly footwork, thirdly courage, fourthly technique (the most important aspects of kendo)

朝顔

あさがお

rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)