一河の流れを汲むも他生の縁
いちがのながれをくむもたしょうのえん
Meanings
- Expression the events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate See also: 一樹の陰一河の流れも他生の縁 (いちじゅのかげいちがのながれもたしょうのえん).
Kanji
- 一 one. Read as イチ.
- 河 river
- 流 flow. Read as ながれ.
- 汲 draw (water); ladle; scoop. Read as くむ.
- 他 other
- 生 life. Read as ショウ.
- 縁 bond. Read as エン.