千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ず
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 千 | 金 | 裘 | 一 | 狐 | 腋 | 非 |
| せん Grade: 1 |
きん Grade: 1 |
きゅう Hyōgai |
いつ > いっ Grade: 1 |
こ Hyōgai |
えき Hyōgai |
あら Grade: 5 |
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Literary Chinese. Literally "an expensive fur garment is not done with the armpit of one fox". From 史記, where it appears as "千金之裘，非一狐之腋".
Proverb
千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ず • (senkin no kyū wa ikko no eki ni arazu)
- To accomplish the governing of a country requires multiple great men.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 千 read as せん
- Japanese terms spelled with 金 read as きん
- Japanese terms spelled with 裘 read as きゅう
- Japanese terms spelled with 一 read as いつ
- Japanese terms spelled with 狐 read as こ
- Japanese terms spelled with 腋 read as えき
- Japanese terms spelled with 非 read as あら
- Japanese terms derived from Literary Chinese
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proverbs
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 7 kanji