Definition of 性相近し、習い相遠し (せいあいちかしならいあいとおし)

せいあいちかならいあとお

性相近し、習い相遠し

せいあいちかしならいあいとおし

seiaichikashinaraiaitooshi

View details for kanji: 性View details for kanji: 相View details for kanji: 近View details for kanji: 習View details for kanji: 相View details for kanji: 遠
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by human nature we are close, through practice we grow apart, by nature, near together; by practice far apart(proverb)(from the Analects of Confucius)
Other readings:
性相近し習い相遠し【せいあいちかしならいあいとおし】
Related Kanji
性 sex, gender, nature
相 inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
近 near, early, akin, tantamount
習 learn
遠 distant, far