小便一町糞一里
Meanings
Expression
1. if you visit the toilet while traveling, you will fall behind your fellow travelers; one chō for a piss, one ri for a shit (Archaic, Proverb)
Kanji used
Composed of
町
town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
Noun
里
Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
Noun