Word Meaning 羊頭を掲げて狗肉を売る

ようとうをかかげてくにくをうる youtou o kakagetekuniku o uru

羊頭を掲げて狗肉を売る is read as ようとうをかかげてくにくをうる (youtou o kakagetekuniku o uru) and means to cry wine and sell vinegar.

Meaning

English

  1. to cry wine and sell vinegar
  2. to do deceptive advertisement
  3. to put up a sheep's head and sell dog meat

Reading

Kana

ようとうをかかげてくにくをうる

Romaji

youtou o kakagetekuniku o uru

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 67 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 準1級 Proverb Rank 154371 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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羊頭狗肉

ようとうくにく

crying wine and selling vinegar

羊肉

ようにく

mutton

店頭販売

てんとうはんばい

over-the-counter sales

狗肉

くにく

dog meat

涮羊肉

しゃんやんろー

instant-boiled mutton (hot pot dish similar to shabu-shabu)

ひつじ

sheep (Ovis aries)

羊毛

ようもう

wool

羊水

ようすい

amniotic fluid

羊水検査

ようすいけんさ

amniotic diagnosis

羊毛協会

ようもうきょうかい

Wool Bureau

羊小屋

ひつじごや

sheepfold

羊水過少症

ようすいかしょうしょう

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