Word Meaning 氷は水より出でて水よりも寒し

こおりはみずよりいでてみずよりもさむし koori ha mizuyoriidetemizuyorimosamushi

氷は水より出でて水よりも寒し is read as こおりはみずよりいでてみずよりもさむし (koori ha mizuyoriidetemizuyorimosamushi) and means students surpass their masters.

Meaning

English

students surpass their masters
ice coming from water is colder than water

Reading

Kana

こおりはみずよりいでてみずよりもさむし

Romaji

koori ha mizuyoriidetemizuyorimosamushi

Stroke Sequence

14 Characters • 49 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Proverb ✓ Rank 115714 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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氷水

ひみず

ice water

氷河湖決壊洪水

ひょうがこけっかいこうずい

glacial lake outburst flood

水氷

すいひょう

(water) ice

水氷

みずごおり

mixture of ice and water (for keeping fish fresh)

水火氷炭

すいかひょうたん

not getting along well with each other

出水

でみず

flood

寒水石

かんすいせき

whitish marble (from northern Ibaraki)

寒中水泳

かんちゅうすいえい

swimming in the middle of winter or the cold season

寒水

かんすい

cold water

氷室

ひむろ

ice house

氷山

ひょうざん

iceberg

氷

こおり

ice