易者身の上知らず

易えき者しゃ身みの上うえ知しらず

Meanings

Expression

1. people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future (Proverb)

Kanji used

易easy 者someone 身one's body 上above 知know

Composed of

易えき

type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching

Noun

者しゃ

person; -er

Suffix

身みの上うえ

one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

Expression

知しらず

not having; unaffected by; aside; I don't know about ...

Suffix