鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: S
こう
Grade: 1
ぎゅう
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
なか
Jinmeiyō
Alternative spelling
鷄口となるも牛後となる勿れ (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ – see the following entry.
鶏口けいこうとなるも牛後ぎゅうごとなるなかれ
[proverb] It is better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond.
(This term, 鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)