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すずめのせんこえつるのひとこえ
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
Alt. forms
雀
すずめ
の
千
せん
声
こえ
鶴
つる
の
一
ひと
声
こえ
すずめのせんこえつるのひとこえ
Composed of
すずめ
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
せん
1,000; thousand
こえ
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
つるのひとこえ
final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement