羹に懲りて膾を吹く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
羹	懲	膾	吹
あつもの Hyōgai	こ Grade: S	なます Hyōgai	ふ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
羹に懲りて膾を吹く (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 懲羹吹齏 / 惩羹吹齑 (chénggēngchuījī, literally “Once burnt by hot soup, one would blow at cold food”), from The Verses of Chu.

Proverb

羹(あつもの)に懲(こ)りて膾(なます)を吹(ふ)く • (atsumono ni kori te namasu o fuku)

once bitten, twice shy

Synonyms

蛇(へび)に噛(か)まれて朽(く)ち縄(なわ)に怖(お)じる (hebi ni ka marete ku chi nawa ni o jiru)

References

“^▲羹に懲(こ)りて^▲膾(なます)を吹く”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025