鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ

けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれkeikoutonarumogyuugotonarunakare

expression

  1. better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
  2. better be first in a village than second at Rome
  3. better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow

Kanji in this word

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences