ぼう
坊
ず
主
にく
憎
　
け
　
りゃ
け
袈
さ
裟
　
ま
　
で
にく
憎
　
い

expression, adjective

Proverb.
  1. if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for, hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ぼう
坊
ず
主
にく
憎
　
け
　
りゃ
け
袈
さ
裟
　
ま
　
で
にく
憎
　
い
 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い ぼうずにくけりゃけさまでにくい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

boy, priest's residence, priest
ボウ　ボッ (7th)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ　かた　なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン　マン　よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
lord, chief, master
シュ　あるじ　ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
hate, detest
にく.む　ゾウ (8th, N2)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン　こころ
formerly, once, before
ソ　ソウ　かつ (11th)
to divide
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
a coarse camlet
ケ　カ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
add, addition, increase
カ　くわ.える (4th, N3)
power, strength, strong
リョク　ちから　リキ (1st, N4)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
Buddhist surplice
サ　シャ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
sand
サ　シャ　すな (11th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
few, little
すこ.し　ショウ　すく.ない (2nd, N4)
little, small
ショウ　こ-　ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant