千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ず

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	金	裘	一	狐	腋	非
せん Grade: 1	きん Grade: 1	きゅう Hyōgaiji	いつ > いっ Grade: 1	こ Hyōgaiji	えき Hyōgaiji	あら Grade: 5
on’yomi		on’yomi	on’yomi		on’yomi	kun’yomi

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 千金之裘，非一狐之腋 (literally “an expensive fur garment is not done with the armpit of one fox”), from the Records of the Grand Historian.

Proverb

千(せん)金(きん)の裘(きゅう)は一(いっ)狐(こ)の腋(えき)に非(あら)ず • (senkin no kyū wa ikko no eki ni arazu) 

1. To accomplish the governing of a country requires multiple great men.