負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡る
おうたこにおしえられてあさせをわたる
Meanings
- Expression, Godan verb some things can be learned from the young; a fool may give a wise man counsel (literally: to be led across the shallows by the child on one's shoulders)
Kanji
- 負 lose. Read as おう.
- 子 child
- 教 teach. Read as おしえる.
- 浅 shallow. Read as あさい.
- 瀬 shallows
- 渡 cross. Read as わたる.