Vocabulary

What does 弱肉強食 (じゃくにくきょうしょく) mean?

弱肉強食 (じゃくにくきょうしょく) means the strong prey on the weak; the law of the jungle (lit. the flesh of the weak is food for the strong).

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Readingじゃくにくきょうしょく
じゃくにくきょうしょく
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the strong prey on the weak; the law of the jungle (lit. the flesh of the weak is food for the strong)

Example sentences

  • The business world is dog-eat-dog, and if you let your guard down you lose at once.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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