豺狼道に当たる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
| 豺 | 狼 | 道 | 当 |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese: 豺狼當道
Proverb
豺狼道に当たる (hiragana さいろうみちにあたる, romaji sai rō michi ni ataru)
- (literally, Jackals and wolves have taken over the roads.) Politics abound in usurpers
References
- The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.