千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ず
せんきんのきゅうはいっこのえきにあらず
Meanings
- Expression to rule a country requires many great men (literally: an expensive fur coat will not be made with a single fox)
Kanji
- 千 thousand. Read as セン.
- 金 money. Read as キン.
- 裘 leather clothing. Read as キュウ.
- 一 one. Read as イチ.
- 狐 fox
- 腋 armpit; side. Read as エキ.
- 非 non-. Read as あらず.