Word Meaning 鶏鳴狗盗

けいめいくとう keimeikutou

鶏鳴狗盗 is read as けいめいくとう (keimeikutou) and means person who resorts to petty tricks.

Meaning

English

  1. person who resorts to petty tricks
  2. person of small caliber who is only capable of petty tricks

Reading

Kana

けいめいくとう

Romaji

keimeikutou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 52 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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鶏鳴

けいめい

hour of the Ox (around 2am)

かけ

chicken meat

にわとり

chicken meat

とり

bird

鶏肉

けいにく

chicken meat

鶏卵

けいらん

hen's egg

鶏口牛後

けいこうぎゅうご

better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull

鶏小屋

とりごや

henhouse

強盗

ごうとう

robber

窃盗

せっとう

theft

怪盗

かいとう

mysterious thief

個人情報窃盗

こじんじょうほうせっとう

identity theft