過ちて改めざる是を過ちという – Vocabulary details

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

Expression

Proverb

1. to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err

from the Analects of Confucius

surpass something

reform

go with

① 間違い。失敗。② 罪。過失。③ 性道徳上の過失。

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

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