八方美人頼むに足らず。
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English Translation
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
Furigana
Romanji
Happōbijin tanomu ni tarazu.
Words
八方美人
(はっぽうびじん)
one who is affable to everybody; a flunky; person beautiful from all angles; everybody's friend; person who shows people what they want to see
頼む
(たのむ)
to request; to beg; to ask; to call; to order; to reserve; to entrust to; to rely on
に
(に)
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
足る
(たる)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worthy of
Kanji
Readings: ハチ、 や、 や.つ、 やっ.つ、 よう
Meanings: eight, eight radical (no. 12)
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: ビ、 ミ、 うつく.しい
Meanings: beauty, beautiful
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ライ、 たの.む、 たの.もしい、 たよ.る
Meanings: trust, request
Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す
Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear