Word Meaning 三人寄れば文殊の知恵

さんにんよればもんじゅのちえ sanninyorebamonju no chie

三人寄れば文殊の知恵 is read as さんにんよればもんじゅのちえ (sanninyorebamonju no chie) and means three heads are better than two.

Meaning

English

three heads are better than two
if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri

Reading

Kana

さんにんよればもんじゅのちえ

Romaji

sanninyorebamonju no chie

Writing Variants

三人よれば文殊の知恵 さんにんよればもんじゅのちえ sanninyorebamonju no chie

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 56 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Proverb ✓ Rank 57197 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

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文殊の知恵

もんじゅのちえ

the wisdom of Manjushri

女三人寄れば姦し

おんなさんにんよればかしまし

three women make a market

女三人寄れば姦しい

おんなさんにんよればかしましい

three women make a market

三文文士

さんもんぶんし

hack writer

三人行けば必ず我が師有り

さんにんゆけばかならずわがしあり

something can be learned from anyone

三人遣い

さんにんづかい

three-person operation of a puppet (bunraku)

三人称単数現在

さんにんしょうたんすうげんざい

third person singular present

三人称

さんにんしょう

third person

三人称単数

さんにんしょうたんすう

third-person singular

知恵

ちえ

prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

悪知恵

わるぢえ

craft

下衆の後知恵

げすのあとぢえ

hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool)

Example Sentences

三人寄れば文殊の知恵って言うだろ。みんなで考えれば、いい案が浮かぶかもしれないよ。

Let's all think on this together and we might be able to come up with some good ideas. They say two heads are better than one.