List: proverb
Simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience.
proverb Buddhism expression
- bringing pungent vegetables or liquor inside the temple is prohibited
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- words once spoken cannot be taken back
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- the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai, as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the warrior first among men
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- it's hard to discipline one's mind, defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard
proverb expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- every night comes to an end, every night sees a dawn
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- the future is unpredictable, inscrutable are the ways of heaven, the irony of fate
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- starting something in the eleventh hour, have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain, don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen, braiding the rope only after the thief is caught
irregular reading search-only kanji form proverb expression
- every day is a good day, enjoy every day
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- time flies, like watching a white horse run by through a gap in the wall (Zhuangzi)
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- one cannot live solely by oneself, one cannot accomplish anything solely by oneself, clapping with one hand is hard