Translation

• 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]

Examples

• 每一个生肖的背后都有着数不尽的成语、谚语和故事。
  Behind every animal on the Chinese zodiac lies an array of proverbs, sayings and stories.