Word Meaning 負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡る

おうたこにおしえられてあさせをわたる outako ni oshierareteasase o wataru

負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡る is read as おうたこにおしえられてあさせをわたる (outako ni oshierareteasase o wataru) and means some things can be learned from the young.

Meaning

English

some things can be learned from the young
a fool may give a wise man counsel
to be led across the shallows by the child on one's shoulders

Reading

Kana

おうたこにおしえられてあさせをわたる

Romaji

outako ni oshierareteasase o wataru

Stroke Sequence

15 Characters • 83 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Proverb ✓ Rank 76852 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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浅瀬

あさせ

shoal

有利子負債

ゆうりしふさい

interest-bearing liabilities

教え子

おしえご

one's student (esp. a former one)

広島文教女子大学

ひろしまぶんきょうじょしだいがく

Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's College

背負子

しょいこ

wooden rack with shoulder straps for carrying loads on one's back

渡瀬地鼠

わたせじねずみ

lesser Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura watasei)

浅瀬に仇波

あさせにあだなみ

deep rivers move in silence; shallow brooks are noisy

負ける

まける

to be inferior to

負け投手になる

まけとうしゅになる

to suffer a loss (usu. in sport)

負担をかける

ふたんをかける

to put a burden on

負かる

まかる

to be able to reduce the price

負ぶる

おぶる

to carry (a child) on one's back