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オンヨウジミノウエシラズ
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
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; (lit.) a fortune teller can't tell their own future
Alt. forms
陰おん陽よう師じ身みの上うえ知しらず
オンヨウジミノウエシラズ
Composed of
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
not having; unaffected by; aside; I don't know about ...; (arch.) I know not whether; (arch.) I know not if