Word Meaning 白駒の隙を過ぐるが如し

はっくのげきをすぐるがごとし hakku no geki o sugurugagotoshi

白駒の隙を過ぐるが如し is read as はっくのげきをすぐるがごとし (hakku no geki o sugurugagotoshi) and means time flies.

Meaning

English

  1. time flies
  2. like watching a white horse run by through a gap in the wall (Zhuangzi)

Reading

Kana

はっくのげきをすぐるがごとし

Romaji

hakku no geki o sugurugagotoshi

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 65 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Proverb Rank 155502 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

白衣

しろぎぬ

commoner without rank (in ancient China)

白鳥

しらとり

white-feathered bird

白髪

しらが

white hair

白紙

はくし

blank paper

白米

しらよね

polished rice

白樺

しらかば

Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)

白菜

はくさい

napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)

白旗

はっき

white flag

白人

はくじん

unlicensed prostitute

白書

はくしょ

white paper (government report)