Results, 商いは牛の涎

商いは牛のよだれ【あきないはうしのよだれakinaihaushinoyodare】商いは牛の涎

expression:

  • one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin - obscure term

Kanji definition:

商
常用３年JLPTN3

ショウSHOU・あきなうakina.u

make a deal; selling; dealing in; merchant

Strokes:
11
Radical:
口 mouth
SKIP:
3-8-3
UTF:
5546
JIS208:
30-6
Nanori:
あきaki
Hangul:
상 [sang]
Pinyin:
shāng
Stroke order:
Example words:
商品【しょうひんshouhin】
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
商社【しょうしゃshousha】
trading company; firm
商業【しょうぎょうshougyou】
commerce; trade; business
通商【つうしょうtsuushou】
commerce; trade
商店【しょうてんshouten】
shop; small store; business; firm
牛
常用２年JLPTN4

ギュウGYUU・うしushi

cow

Strokes:
4
Radical:
牛牜⺧ cow
SKIP:
4-4-3
UTF:
725b
JIS208:
21-77
Nanori:
うじuji・ごgo
Hangul:
우 [u]
Pinyin:
niú
Stroke order:
Example words:
牛【うしushi】
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf; / beef; / Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
牛肉【ぎゅうにくgyuuniku】
beef
牛乳【ぎゅうにゅうgyuunyuu】
(cow's) milk
牛歩【ぎゅうほgyuuho】
snail's pace; slow progress
子牛【こうしkoushi】
calf; small cow
涎

センSEN・エンEN・よだれyodare

saliva; slobber

Strokes:
10
Radical:
水氵氺 water
SKIP:
1-3-7
UTF:
6d8e
JIS208:
62-23
Hangul:
연 [yeon]
Pinyin:
xián
Stroke order:
Alternative stroke order:
Example words:
垂涎【すいぜんsuizen】
watering at the mouth; covetousness
竜涎香【りゅうぜんこうryuuzenkou】
ambergris
垂涎三尺【すいぜんさんじゃくsuizensanjaku】
avid desire; drooling over (something); watering at the mouth
商いは牛の涎【あきないはうしのよだれakinaihaushinoyodare】
one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin
涎を垂らす【よだれをたらすyodarewotarasu】
to drool; to dribble; to slobber

Kanji

商

ショウSHOU・あきなうakina.u

make a deal; selling; dealing in; merchant

牛

ギュウGYUU・うしushi

cow


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