"Proverb" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 成语 | chéng yǔ | Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4] |  |
| 俗话 | sú huà | common saying / proverb |  |
| 俗语 | sú yǔ | common saying / proverb / colloquial speech | |
| 谚语 | yàn yǔ | proverb | |
| 民谚 | mín yàn | folk saying / proverb | |
| 俗谚 | sú yàn | common saying / proverb | |
| 谚 |  yàn | proverb | |
| 俗话说 | sú huà shuō | as the proverb says / as they say... | |
| 古谚 | gǔ yàn | ancient proverb / old saying | |
| 俚谚 | lǐ yàn | common saying / folk proverb | |
| 里谚 | lǐ yàn | common saying / folk proverb | |
