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雌めん鳥どり歌うたえば家いえ滅ほろぶ
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, ぶ)
Proverb
1. women should not rule over men; it is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock; a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men; (lit.) when the hen crows, the house falls to ruin
Alt. forms
雌めん鳥どり歌うたえば家いえ滅ほろぶ
雌めん鶏どり歌うたえば家いえ滅ほろぶ
雌めん鶏どり歌うたえば家いえ亡ほろぶ
Kanji used
雌
bitch (female animal)
鳥
bird
歌
song
家
house
滅
perish
Conjugations...Used in: 1
Composed of
female bird; hen (female chicken)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct