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魚は頭から腐る
Hiragana
さかなはあたまからくさる
Proverb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
組織や社会の腐敗や問題は、トップや指導者から始まるというたとえ。 / 物事の悪化や乱れは、原因の源となる上の立場の人から生じること。
Easy Japanese Meaning
えらい人が悪いと、そのしたの人たちやそこ全体も悪くなるということ
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
问题常源于领导层 / 上层腐败会拖垮整体 / 组织败坏从最高层开始
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
貪腐或敗壞常由領導階層開始 / 問題多源於上層；高層失德會拖垮整體 / 領導不善，組織必然走向衰敗
Korean Meaning
문제와 부패는 윗선에서 시작된다 / 지도층의 타락이 조직 전체를 망치게 한다 / 윗사람의 잘못이 아래까지 악영향을 미친다
Vietnamese Meaning
Mọi sự suy thoái thường bắt đầu từ người đứng đầu. / Tổ chức hỏng vì lãnh đạo kém. / Rắc rối trong tập thể xuất phát từ cấp trên.
Tagalog Meaning
Ang kabulukan ay nagsisimula sa pamumuno. / Kapag bulok ang pinuno, nabubulok ang buong organisasyon. / Ang problema ay madalas nagmumula sa itaas.
Sense（1）
(idiomatic) the fish rots from the head
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魚は頭から腐る
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The problems of this company start from the top, just like the saying 'the fish rots from the head'.
The problems of this company start from the top, just like the saying 'the fish rots from the head'.
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この会社の問題は上層部から始まる、まさに「魚は頭から腐る」の言葉通りだ。
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