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
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

Proverb

弱肉強食

  1. survival of the fittest; law of the jungle

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
kan’on goon kan’on

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) じゃくにくきょうしょく [jàkúníkú kyòóshókú] (Heiban + Heiban – [0]-[0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) じゃくにくきょーしょく [jàkúníkú kyóóshókú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑa̠kɯ̟ᵝɲ̟ikɯ̟ᵝ kʲo̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

弱(じゃく)肉(にく)強(きょう)食(しょく) • (jakuniku kyōshoku) ←じやくにくきやうしよく (zyakuniku kyausyoku)?

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

References
  1. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
弱肉強食

Noun

弱肉強食 • (yagyukgangsik) (hangeul 약육강식)

  1. Hanja form? of 약육강식 (“law of the jungle”).
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