親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はない
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, い-adjective always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice (literally: not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain)
Kanji
- 親 parent. Read as おや.
- 意 mind
- 見 view. Read as ケン.
- 茄 eggplant
- 子 child
- 花 flower. Read as はな.
- 千 thousand. Read as セン.
- 一 one. Read as ひとつ.
- 無 without
- 駄 useless