雄弁は銀、沈黙は金

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ゆう
Grade: S
べん
Grade: 5
ぎん
Grade: 3
ちん
Grade: S
もく
Grade: S
きん
Grade: 1
kan'on goon kan'on goon kan'on
Alternative spellings
雄辯は銀、沈默は金 (kyūjitai)
雄弁は銀沈黙は金
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Alternative forms

Etymology

Calque of English speech is silver, silence is golden, originally attested as "Speech is silvern, Silence is golden" in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus.

Proverb

(ゆう)(べん)(ぎん)(ちん)(もく)(きん) (yūben wa gin, chinmoku wa kin

  1. speech is silver, silence is golden