Word Meaning 牛を馬に乗り換える

うしをうまにのりかえる ushi o uma ni norikaeru

牛を馬に乗り換える is read as うしをうまにのりかえる (ushi o uma ni norikaeru) and means to go from (using, etc.) something bad to something good.

Meaning

English

  1. to go from (using, etc.) something bad to something good
  2. to change (from riding) a cow to (riding) a horse

Reading

Kana

うしをうまにのりかえる

Romaji

ushi o uma ni norikaeru

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 46 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Proverb Rank 121655 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

乗り換える

のりかえる

to transfer (trains)

竹馬に乗る

たけうまにのる

to walk on stilts

牛馬

ぎゅうば

horses and cattle

牛は牛連れ馬は馬連れ

うしはうしづれうまはうまづれ

birds of a feather flock together

牛頭馬頭

ごずめず

horse-headed and ox-headed demons in the Buddhist hell

牛飲馬食

ぎゅういんばしょく

heavy eating and drinking

勝馬に乗る

かちうまにのる

to side with the winner

馬に乗る

うまにのる

to get on a horse

乗り換え

のりかえ

switching (stock)

対面乗換

たいめんのりかえ

cross-platform interchange

乗り換え場

のりかえば

platform for transfer