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弱肉強食

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Chinese

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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)
simp. (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

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Proverb

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弱肉強食

  1. survival of the fittest; law of the jungle

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (弱肉強食):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じゃく
Grade: 2
にく
Grade: 2
きょう
Grade: 2
しょく
Grade: 2
kan'on goon kan'on

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) じゃくにくきょーしょく [jàkúníkú kyóóshókú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑa̠kɯ̟ɲ̟ikɯ̟ kʲo̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

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(じゃく)(にく)(きょう)(しょく) (jakuniku kyōshokuじゃくにくきょうしょく (zyakunikukyousyoku)?

  1. law of the jungle
    Synonym: 優勝劣敗 (yūshō reppai)

References

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  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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弱肉強食 (yagyukgangsik) (hangeul 약육강식)

  1. hanja form? of 약육강식 (law of the jungle)