花より団子
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
| 花 | 団 | 子 |
Proverb[edit]
花より団子 (hiragana はなよりだんご, romaji hana yori dango)
- (idiomatic): "dango instead of flowers", substance over form → indicating a preference for the practical over the purely aesthetic, preferring dango (which are tasty and nutritious) rather than flowers (which are merely decorative)
Usage notes[edit]
Although this is a well-known metaphor, it is often used literally and in puns without directly signifying the metaphoric meaning.
