苦肉の策

くにくのさく

Meanings

1. Expression, Noun last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity

Kanji

• 苦 suffer. Read as ク.
• 肉 meat. Read as ニク.
• 策 scheme. Read as サク.

Example sentences

• 苦肉の策で企画したんですが、その本はよく売れました。
  We arrived at that plan out of pure desperation, but the book sold well.

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