百日の説法屁一つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
百 日 説 法 屁 一
ひゃく
Grade: 1 		にち
Grade: 1 		せつ > せっ
Grade: 4 		ほう > ぽう
Grade: 4 		へ
Hyōgai 		ひと
Grade: 1
Alternative spelling
百日の說法屁一つ (kyūjitai)

Proverb

百(ひゃく)日(にち)の説(せっ)法(ぽう)屁(へ)一(ひと)つ • (hyaku nichi no seppō he hitotsu) 

  1. “a hundred days of sermonizing, one fart” → a metaphor for how something that one has put great effort into can come to nothing after even a slight mistake, much as a hundred days of serious spiritual study can be lost to the winds
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