強弩の末魯縞に入る能わず
きょうどのすえろこうにいるあたわず
Meanings
- Expression even the strong will grow weak (literally: (even an arrow fired from) a strong bow loses momentum until it cannot even penetrate a piece of thin silk from Lu) See also: 露 (ろ).
Kanji
- 強 strong. Read as キョウ.
- 弩 bow (arrow)
- 末 end. Read as すえ.
- 魯 foolish; Russia
- 縞 stripe. Read as コウ.
- 入 enter. Read as いる.
- 能 ability. Read as あたう.