桃李もの言わざれども下自ら蹊を成す
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 桃 | 李 | 言 | 下 | 自 | 蹊 | 成 |
| とう Grade: S |
り Jinmeiyō |
い Grade: 2 |
した Grade: 1 |
おのずか Grade: 2 |
みち Hyōgai |
な Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | kun'yomi | |||||
Etymology
[edit]From Chinese 桃李無言，下自成蹊／桃李无言，下自成蹊.
Proverb
[edit]桃李もの言わざれども下自ら蹊を成す • (tōri mono iwazaredomo shita onozukara michi o nasu)
- a man of virtue will naturally attract admirers, good wine speaks for itself
Usage notes
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 桃 read as とう
- Japanese terms spelled with 李 read as り
- Japanese terms spelled with 言 read as い
- Japanese terms spelled with 下 read as した
- Japanese terms spelled with 自 read as おのずか
- Japanese terms spelled with 蹊 read as みち
- Japanese terms spelled with 成 read as な
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proverbs
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 7 kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with わ
- Japanese terms spelled with を