豺狼道に当たる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
豺	狼	道	当
さい Hyōgaiji	ろう Jinmeiyō	みち Grade: 2	あ Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
豺狼道に當たる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally, “dholes and wolves have taken over the roads”. Calque of Literary Chinese 豺狼當道 (cháilángdāngdào).

Proverb

豺(さい)狼(ろう)道(みち)に当(あ)たる • (sai rō michi ni ataru) 

1. politics abound in usurpers

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.