This is another freature in Japanese usage that is plainly borrowed from Chinese idioms but read in Japanese manner. How much does anyone in the forum knows about yoji-jyukugo, I would want to start a thread called, yoji-jyukugo rally when I know players are ready.
You are right @epigene .
I would like to employ sound instead of Kanji for this rally to make it easier to connect to the next one. Just like what Glenn did on the two-syllable youso shiritori. Example in your case is the sound of よう。 So I will continue with
羊頭狗肉「ようとうくにく」
he cries wine and sells vinegar
会者定離: This one, I guess means "each person you meet is destined to depart"
去者必反: This one I'm throwing a wild guess (because it seems not existent in Japanese yoji-jyukugo) means "each person who leaves is bound to return"?? ☺
ax, sorry for the digression:
Let's start with 一期一会（いちごいちえ）, inspired by lexico's post!
(Definition: Each encounter is a treasure to keep.)
I like that. it sounds like easy go easy aye.
well taking the sound of え、 I shall continue with
永久不変 「えいきゅうふへん」
Something that stays forever, unchangeable, like an eternal love.
変造紙幣 「へんぞらしへい」 - counterfeit bills; forged paper currency.
Sorry Ax, for the disturbance!
Thank you Epigene, your readings are quite to the point. One is supposed to be from a classic, and the other from a Buddhist canon. I thought they made a nice pair, so memorized them together. But I forgot the source!
More ignorance than type-o! Thank you, Epigene-san! My /ら/ should be /う/.
地蔵菩薩 [じぞうぼさつ] Ksitigarbha Bhodhisattva; the enlightened one who is in charge of teaching the multitude of senseful beings after the death of Syakamuni Buddha and before the returning of Maitreya Buddha