二君に仕える

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二 君 仕
Grade: 1 Grade: 3 Grade: 3

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 王蠋曰，忠臣不事二君，烈女不更二夫。 in Records of the Grand Historian.

Phrase

二君に仕える (hiragana にくんにつかえる, rōmaji nikun ni tsukaeru)

  1. serve a second master.
    忠 (ちゅう)臣 (しん)は二 (に)君 (くん)に仕 (つか)えず。
    Chūshin wa nikun ni tsukaezu.
    A loyal subject will not serve a second master.

Usage notes

  • Commonly used in a negative form.
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