易者身の上知らず

えきしゃみのうえしらず

Meanings

1. Expression 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 (literally: a fortune teller can't tell their own future)

Kanji

• 易 trade. Read as エキ.
• 者 person. Read as シャ.
• 身 body
• 上 up. Read as うえ.
• 知 know. Read as しる.

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