Word Meaning 肉を切らせて骨を切る

にくをきらせてほねをきる niku o kirasetehone o kiru

肉を切らせて骨を切る is read as にくをきらせてほねをきる (niku o kirasetehone o kiru) and means to lose a battle to win the war.

Meaning

English

  1. to lose a battle to win the war
  2. to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe
  3. to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone

Reading

Kana

にくをきらせてほねをきる

Romaji

niku o kirasetehone o kiru

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 118092 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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肉骨茶

ばくてー

bak kut teh (pork rib dish)

肉骨粉

にくこっぷん

meat-and-bone meal

肉切り包丁

にくきりぼうちょう

carving knife

肉切り

にくきり

carving knife

骨肉

こつにく

flesh and bone

細切れ肉

こまぎれにく

pieces of meat (often sold in a pack)

骨肉相食

こつにくそうしょく

blood feud

骨肉相食む

こつにくあいはむ

to have a consanguineous feud

骨切り

ほねきり

finely cutting a fish to cut up its small bones

骨肉の争い

こつにくのあらそい

family quarrel

骨肉腫

こつにくしゅ

osteosarcoma