鹿を追う者は山を見ず
しかをおうものはやまをみず
Also written 鹿を逐う者は山を見ず
Meanings
- Expression zeal is a bad servant (literally: the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain)
Kanji
- 鹿 deer. Read as しか.
- 追 chase. Read as おう.
- 者 person. Read as もの.
- 山 mountain. Read as やま.
- 見 see. Read as みる.