人生字を識るは憂患の始め
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||||||
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人 | 生 | 字 | 識 | 憂 | 患 | 始 |
じん Grade: 1 | せい Grade: 1 | じ Grade: 1 | し Grade: 5 | ゆう Grade: S | かん Grade: S | はじ Grade: 3 |
on’yomi | on’yomi | kun’yomi | on’yomi | kun’yomi |
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人生字を識るは憂患の始め |
Etymology
Calque of Literary Chinese 人生識字憂患始, which is a line in Su Shi's (蘇軾) poem 石蒼舒醉墨堂.
Idiom
人生字を識るは憂患の始め • (jinsei ji o shiru wa yūkan no hajime)
- misery of life start at literacy; ignorance is bliss
See also
- 識字憂患 (shikiji yūkan)
- 知らぬが仏 (shiranu ga hotoke)
- 無知は至福である (muchi wa shifuku dearu)