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    3. 雀の千声鶴の一声

    雀の千声鶴の一声

    雀すずめの​千せん声こえ鶴つるの​一ひと声こえ

    the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools

    NTExpressionsLiteratureKanji Vocab52 strokes

    すずめのせんこえつるのひとこえ

    Expressions

    1.
    the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools, one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    雀
    すずめ…(5)
    sparrow
    Kanji
    千
    ち…(3)
    thousand
    Kanji
    声
    こえ・こわ-…(2)
    voice
    Kanji
    鶴
    つる…(6)
    crane・stork
    Kanji
    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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