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    3. 易者身の上知らず

    易者身の上知らず

    易えき者しゃ身みの​上うえ知しら​ず​

    people don't know themselves as well as they know others

    NTExpressionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab41 strokes

    えきしゃみのうえしらず

    Expressions

    1.
    people don't know themselves as well as they know others, even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself, a fortune teller can't tell their own future
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    易
    やさ.しい・やす.い…(2)
    easy・ready to・simple・fortune-telling・divination
    Kanji
    者
    もの…(1)
    someone・person
    Kanji
    身
    み…(1)
    somebody・person・one's station in life
    Kanji
    上
    うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)
    above・up
    Kanji
    知
    し.る・し.らせる…(7)
    know・wisdom
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    ず
    zu
    Kana
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