弱肉強食
See also: 弱肉强食
Chinese
- weak; feeble; young; inferior
meat; flesh strength; force; power; powerful; bettereat; food; to feed; animal feedtrad. (弱肉強食) 弱 肉 強 食 simp. (弱肉强食) 弱 肉 强 食 Literally: “weak (is the) meat, strong eats (the meat); if you are weak, you are the meat; if you are strong, you eat the meat”.
Pronunciation
Proverb
弱肉強食
- survival of the fittest; law of the jungle
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |||
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弱 | 肉 | 強 | 食 |
じゃく Grade: 2 | にく Grade: 2 | きょう Grade: 2 | しょく Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Noun
弱肉強食 (hiragana じゃくにくきょうしょく, rōmaji jakuniku kyōshoku)
- law of the jungle