おやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはない
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; (lit.) not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain
Composed of
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
opinion; view; comment
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
1,000; thousand
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness