二君に仕える

二君に仕える

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	君	仕
に Grade: 1	くん Grade: 3	つか Grade: 3
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 王蠋曰，忠臣不事二君，烈女不更二夫。 in Records of the Grand Historian.

Phrase

二(に)君(くん)に仕(つか)える • (nikun ni tsukaeru) 

1. serve a second master

   忠(ちゅう)臣(しん)は二(に)君(くん)に仕(つか)えず。

   Chūshin wa nikun ni tsukaezu.

   A loyal subject will not serve a second master.

Usage notes

• Commonly used in a negative form.