"鶏口牛後" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [日本語]

  1. 鶏口となるも牛後となるなかれ。大きな組織にあって誰かの指示を受けるよりは、小さな組織でリスクがあっても指示をする立場の方がましであると言うことのたとえ。
    Sense id: ja-鶏口牛後-ja-phrase--wJp2wCs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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