一言千金 yī yán qiān jīn

DEFINITIONS

  1. one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
  2. words of enormous weight

CHARACTERS

一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
言 yán
HSK 4
words, speech; speak, say
千 qiān
HSK 2
thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
金 jīn
HSK 4
gold; metals in general; money