一言千金

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

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

one sentence / brief remark

words / speech / to say / to talk

thousand

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter

surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)

gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]