酒は百薬の長
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 酒 | 百 | 薬 | 長 |
| さけ Grade: 3 |
ひゃく Grade: 1 |
やく Grade: 3 |
ちょう Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi | on’yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 酒は百藥の長 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 酒 + は + 百薬 + の + 長, literally "sake is the best medicine"
Proverb[edit]
酒は百薬の長 • (sake wa hyakuyaku no chō)
- good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines; drinking a moderate amount of alcohol is better than medicine
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 酒 read as さけ
- Japanese terms spelled with 百 read as ひゃく
- Japanese terms spelled with 薬 read as やく
- Japanese terms spelled with 長 read as ちょう
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proverbs
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with four Han script characters