mín
yàn

proverb
common

Meaning of 民谚

民谚 means folk proverb; popular saying. Pronounced mín yàn.

  • folk proverb; popular saying

Definitions & Examples

 
Rén
mào
xiàng
 
hǎi
shuǐ
dǒu
liáng
 
shì
liú
chuán
shèn
guǎng广
de
mín
yàn
 

"You cannot judge a person by their appearance, just as you cannot measure the sea with a pint pot" is a widely circulated folk proverb.

 
yáo
zhī
 
jiǔ
jiàn
rén
xīn
 
zhè
lǎo
de
mín
yàn
chōng
mǎn
le
rén
shēng
zhì
huì
 

The old folk proverb "Distance tests a horse's strength, time reveals a person's heart" is full of life's wisdom.

men
cóng
zhè
xiē
mín
yàn
zhōng
xué
dào
hěn
duō
wéi
rén
chǔ
shì
de
dào
 

We can learn a lot about how to conduct ourselves from these folk proverbs.

Zhè
zhù
zuò
shōu
zhěng
le
liàng
fǎn
yìng
nóng
gēng
shēng
huó
de
mín
yàn
 

This work collects and organizes a large number of folk proverbs reflecting agricultural life.

de
yǎn
jiǎng
zhōng
chuān穿
chā
le
xiē
shēng
dòng
de
mín
yàn
 
shǐ使
nèi
róng
gèng
jiē
 

He interspersed his speech with some vivid folk proverbs, making the content more down-to-earth.

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