枯れ木も山の賑わい
かれきもやまのにぎわい
Also written 枯れ木も山のにぎわい
Meanings
- Expression half a loaf is better than none (literally: even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain)
Kanji
- 枯 wither. Read as かれる.
- 木 tree
- 山 mountain. Read as やま.
- 賑 flourish; be bustling; prosperity. Read as にぎわい.