多言は身を害す
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 多 | 言 | 身 | 害 |
| た Grade: 2 |
げん Grade: 2 |
み Grade: 3 |
がい Grade: 4 |
Etymology[edit]
Literally, "too much words will harm oneself." Calque of Literary Chinese 多言害身. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Proverb[edit]
多言は身を害す • (tagen wa mi o gaisu)
- One word too many will be the end of me.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 多 read as た
- Japanese terms spelled with 言 read as げん
- Japanese terms spelled with 身 read as み
- Japanese terms spelled with 害 read as がい
- Japanese terms calqued from Literary Chinese
- Japanese terms derived from Literary Chinese
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proverbs
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with four Han script characters