雀の千声鶴の一声
すずめのせんこえつるのひとこえ
Meanings
- Expression the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools (literally: one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane)
Kanji
- 雀 sparrow. Read as すずめ.
- 千 thousand. Read as セン.
- 声 voice. Read as こえ.
- 鶴 crane. Read as つる.
- 一 one. Read as ひと.