Word Meaning 矯角殺牛

きょうかくさつぎゅう kyoukakusatsugyuu

矯角殺牛 is read as きょうかくさつぎゅう (kyoukakusatsugyuu) and means trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process.

Meaning

English

  1. trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process
  2. trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing
  3. the cure is worse than the disease

Reading

Kana

きょうかくさつぎゅう

Romaji

kyoukakusatsugyuu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Yojijukugo Rank 146884 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

角を矯めて牛を殺す

つのをためてうしをころす

to throw the baby out with the bath water

長角牛

ちょうかくぎゅう

longhorn

無角牛

むかくぎゅう

polled cattle

短角牛

たんかくぎゅう

shorthorn

角牛

かくぎゅう

bullfight

牛の角文字

うしのつのもじ

hiragana character "i"

牛角

ぎゅうかく

horn (of a cow)

牛殺し

うしころし

Oriental photinia (Photinia villosa)

蝸牛角上の争い

かぎゅうかくじょうのあらそい

fighting over nothing

蝸牛角上

かぎゅうかくじょう

trifling (fight)

矯正

きょうせい

correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.)

矯正協会刑務作業協力事業

きょうせいきょうかいけいむさぎょうきょうりょくじぎょう

Correctional Association Prison Industry Cooperation