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    3. 鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ

    鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ

    鶏けい口こうと​な​る​も​牛ぎゅう後ごと​な​る​勿なかれ​

    better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

    NTExpressionsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab58 strokes

    鶏口となるも牛後となるなかれ

    けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれ

    Expressions

    1.
    better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion, better be first in a village than second at Rome, better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow
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    Characters that make up this word

    鶏
    にわとり・とり…(1)
    chicken
    Kanji
    口
    くち…(2)
    mouth
    Kanji
    牛
    うし…(3)
    cow
    Kanji
    後
    のち・うし.ろ・うしろ・あと・おく.れる…(6)
    behind・back・later
    Kanji
    勿
    なか.れ・なし…(3)
    not・must not・do not・be not
    Kanji
    と
    to
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
    も
    mo
    Kana
    れ
    re
    Kana
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