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過あやまちて改あらためざるこれを過あやまちという
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err
from the Analects of Confucius
Alt. forms
過あやまちて改あらためざる是これを過あやまちと謂いう
過あやまちて改あらためざるこれを過あやまちという
過あやまちて改あらためざる是これを過あやまちという
Kanji used
過
surpass something
改
reform
Composed of
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
former (e.g. name); previous; changed; examination; inspection; investigation
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise