(lit.) the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); (fig.) the law of the jungle
trad. 弱肉強食
Also written 弱肉強食【ruò ròu qiáng shí】
Characters in this word
4弱
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weak; feeble, young, inferior; not as good as, (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
- Pinyin
- ruò
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 7910 of 2500
肉
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meat, flesh, pulp (of a fruit), (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy, (of a person) flabby, irresolute, Kangxi radical 130
- Pinyin
- ròu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1834 of 2500
强
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surname Qiang
- Pinyin
- Qiáng
- Traditional
- 強
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 2485 of 2500
食
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to eat, food, animal feed, eclipse
- Pinyin
- shí
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 9712 of 2500