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性相近し、習い相遠し； 性相近し習い相遠し [sK]
【 せいあいちかし、ならいあいとおし 】
1. [exp] [proverb]
《from the Analects of Confucius》
▶ by human nature we are close, through practice we grow apart
▶ by nature, near together; by practice far apart



History:
7. A 2024-03-26 19:02:01  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Daijr and jitenon use a comma, but kanjipedia does not.
  Comments: 
https://github.com/JMdictProject/JMdictIssues/issues/122
Adding commas to readings to align with kanji forms.
  Diff: 
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -11 +12 @@
-<reb>せいあいちかしならいあいとおし</reb>
+<reb>せいあいちかし、ならいあいとおし</reb>
6. A 2020-04-04 06:25:22  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
That seems to work.
5. A* 2020-04-03 12:41:46 
  Comments: 
I thought "by human nature beings are ..." was rather clumsy.
  Diff: 
@@ -17 +17 @@
-<gloss>by human nature beings are close, through practice they grow far apart</gloss>
+<gloss>by human nature we are close, through practice we grow apart</gloss>
4. A 2020-04-03 03:27:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Good point. I've put in two other versions that I have found.
  Diff: 
@@ -17 +17,2 @@
-<gloss>human nature is alike, practice makes them apart</gloss>
+<gloss>by human nature beings are close, through practice they grow far apart</gloss>
+<gloss>by nature, near together; by practice far apart</gloss>
3. A* 2020-04-02 11:52:51 
  Comments: 
Isn't there a singular/plural mismatch going on in the English 
translation? It doesn't read as idiomatic English to me.
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