朽木糞牆
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
| 朽 | 木 | 糞 | 牆 |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 朽木糞牆
Idiom
朽木糞牆 (hiragana きゅうぼくふんしょう, romaji kyūbokufunshō)
- A piece of rotten wood cannot be turned into something beautiful. That is, a person whose spirit is rotten cannot benefit from education.
References
- The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.