Word Meaning 鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ

けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれ keikoutonarumogyuugotonarunakare

鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ is read as けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれ (keikoutonarumogyuugotonarunakare) and means better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

Meaning

English

  1. better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
  2. better be first in a village than second at Rome
  3. better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow

Reading

Kana

けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれ

Romaji

keikoutonarumogyuugotonarunakare

Writing Variants

  • 鶏口となるも牛後となるなかれ けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれ keikoutonarumogyuugotonarunakare

Stroke Sequence

13 Characters • 58 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 154593 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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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

鶏口

けいこう

leader of a small group

牛後

ぎゅうご

low-ranking member of a large group

割鶏牛刀

かっけいぎゅうとう

using a meat ax when a knife would suffice

鶏

にわとり

chicken meat

鶏

とり

bird

鶏肉

とりにく

chicken meat

鶏卵

けいらん

hen's egg

鶏小屋

にわとりごや

henhouse

気後れ

きおくれ

losing one's nerve

証文の出し後れ

しょうもんのだしおくれ

something done too late

入り口

いりぐち

entrance