"Chinese proverbs 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." — Excerpt from Haiwang Yuan, The Magic Lotus Lantern and Other Tales from the Han Chinese. Libraries Unlimited, 2006) A fable is a very short story which is meant to illustrate a point or teach us a lesson. Usually, but not always, fables are stories about animals that talk like people. The lesson that a fable teaches us is called a moral. A parable means something similar. It is usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle.
Meaning - The crow may be ugly, but love it if your really love my house. Meaning - A capable employee never returns to the same employer after quiting him. Meaning - It is easier to guard against the obvious. Meaning - Used in face of setbacks as a consolation: unless the main force is lost, there is always a chance of staging a come-back. Meaning - It means that people got to renew their knowledge not to stay behind.
Meaning - A predicament is not formed without a period of events creating it. |
Chinese Proverbs
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Add Leggs To The Snake
A Foolish Man Buys His Shoes
A Mantis Trying To Stop A Chariot
Blessing Or Bane
Lord Ye Love Dragon
Plucking up a crop to help it grow
Pretending To Play The Yu
Quotes from the Book of Monkey King
The Cat That Feared the Mice
The Fox Borrows The Tigers Fierceness
Waiting For A Hare To Turn Up
相濡以沫,不如相忘江湖
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