中流に舟を失えば一壺も千金
ちゅうりゅうにふねをうしなえばいっこもせんきん
Also written 中流に船を失えば一壺も千金
Meanings
- Expression any port will do in a storm (literally: when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune)
Kanji
- 中 middle. Read as チュウ.
- 流 flow. Read as リュウ.
- 舟 boat. Read as ふね.
- 失 lose. Read as うしなう.
- 一 one. Read as イチ.
- 壺 jar; pot
- 千 thousand. Read as セン.
- 金 money. Read as キン.