弱肉強食

See also: 弱肉强食

Chinese

		weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior	meat; flesh	strength; force; power strength; force; power; powerful; better	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (弱肉強食)		弱	肉	強	食
simp. (弱肉强食)		弱	肉	强	食

Etymology

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruòròuqiángshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ juk⁶ koeng⁴ sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: ruòròuqiángshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄡˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄕˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruohrowchyangshyr
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek⁶ juk⁶ koeng⁴ sik⁶
    • Yale: yeuhk yuhk kèuhng sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ juk⁹ koeng⁴ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ yug⁶ kêng⁴ xig⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² jʊk̚² kʰœːŋ²¹ sɪk̚²/

Proverb

弱肉強食

1. survival of the fittest, law of the jungle

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
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)

1. law of the jungle