Tag: Chinese Proverbs

The famous Chinese Confucius Proverbs

Since it comes to Chinese proverbs (中国谚语Zhōngguó yànyǔ), Confucius quotes(孔子语录Kǒngzǐ yǔlù) tend to be the most entertaining and enlightening. To learn great proverbs better, record them and play the recording once in a while(now and then or here and there). By this you may rise to make much better use of them, or the sensible wisdom or life knowledge, The following is a collection of proverbs attributed to Confucius and Confucius disciples.

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The Chinese Happiness Proverbs

The Happiness is we are always looking for. Without happiness everything else has no use. The following Chinese proverbs(中国谚语Zhōngguó yànyǔ) is whole about happiness which might change you thoughts about happiness(快乐kuàilè). Do we need money or other luxuries to be happy? Are they important at all? You can decide after reading the following Chinese happiness Proverbs.

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Chinese Proverbs on Marriage or Family

The Chinese proverbs(中国谚语Zhōngguó yànyǔ) and four-plus character idioms are developed from the formulaic(If you describe a way of saying or doing something as formulaic, you are criticizing it because it is not original and has been used many times before in similar situations) or social saying/dialect/expression and historical meaning in Chinese language. Here's the collection of some of the most family proverbs and famous marriage(婚姻hūnyīn) in China. Feel free to use any of those for your need.

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Short Chinese Proverbs

Chinese language, which is well suited to the writing of short and snappy idioms and proverbs (谚语yànyǔ). Here is an index of some idiomatic(uses words in a way that sounds natural to native speakers of the language) examples. Each one is given its similar proverbs meaning in English language.

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Chinese Proverbs about Life

The Life(生活shēnghuó) is a dream walking death is a going home. Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends whom we choose. Here is a delightful collection of Chinese proverbs on lifes which gives us a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the people in China. Their wise sayings are drawn from experience of their daily lives, observation on subjects ranging from friendship to folk wisdom and common sense. The value of Chinese proverbs(中国谚语Zhōngguó yànyǔ) has increased with the passing of the ages because they ring as true today as they were thousands of years ago.

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The Knowledge about Chinese Proverb

Chinese proverbs(中国谚语Zhōngguó yànyǔ) can be split into chengyu (accepted phrases), yanyu (familiar sayings), suyu (popular sayings), and xiehouyu (two-part allegorical sayings). Unique to the Chinese language, xiehouyu proverbs are vivid with images and dramatic results. Based on puns of homophonic words, the majority of xiehouyu(歇后语xiēhòuyǔ) is simply not translatable(capable of being put into another form or style or language). Therefore only a few such sayings will be included in this small sample of the unfathomable(if you describe something as unfathomable, you mean that it cannot be understood or explained, usually because it is very strange or complicated) reservoir of Chinese proverbs.

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Chinese Proverbs about Friendship

Fllowing Chinese friendship proverbs will show you that friendship(友谊yǒuyì) is not just an experience but a responsibility. Itis a relationship that speaks of love and understanding in the most appassionato manner. One Chinese proverb(中国谚语Zhōngguó yànyǔ) says it all, "You can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can easily offend one in an hour." Discover more secrets of long lasting friendship with these famous Chinese friendship proverbs.

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