Word Meaning 瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば光る

るりもはりもてらせばひかる ruri mo hari mo terasebahikaru

瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば光る is read as るりもはりもてらせばひかる (ruri mo hari mo terasebahikaru) and means cream rises to the top.

Meaning

English

  1. cream rises to the top
  2. great talent will stand out anywhere
  3. lapis lazuli and crystals shine when lit up

Reading

Kana

るりもはりもてらせばひかる

Romaji

ruri mo hari mo terasebahikaru

Stroke Sequence

12 Characters • 89 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Proverb Rank 163683 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

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瑠璃

るり

beryl

瑠璃野路子

るりのじこ

indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea)

瑠璃木葉鳥

るりこのはどり

Asian fairy bluebird (Irena puella)

瑠璃立羽

るりたては

blue admiral (species of nymphalid butterfly, Kaniska canace)

瑠璃羽太

るりはた

gold-ribbon grouper (species of fish, Aulacocephalus temmincki)

瑠璃色

るりいろ

lapis lazuli blue

瑠璃貝

るりがい

elongate janthina (Janthina globosa)

瑠璃唐草

るりからくさ

nemophila (Nemophila menziesii)

瑠璃鳥

るりちょう

Formosan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis)

瑠璃懸巣

るりかけす

Lidth's jay (Garrulus lidthi)