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雀すずめの千せん声こえ鶴つるの一ひと声こえ
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools; (lit.) one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane
Kanji used
雀
sparrow
千
thousand
声
voice
鶴
crane
一
one
Composed of
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
1,000; thousand
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement