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谚 yàn

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谚 yàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yàn | yan4
English translation
proverb, maxim

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About 谚 yàn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

諺 yàn

Contains the radical

讠 yán

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Elegant 彦 yàn words 讠 yán ; 彦 yàn also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of 谚 yàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰讠彦

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Example sentences using 谚 yàn

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[谚 yàn ]肚子 dùzi 饱 bǎo 了 le , 骨头 gǔtou 就 jiù 想 xiǎng 休息 xiūxi ;腹饱思 sī 睡 shuì .

When the belly is full, the bones would be at rest.

[谚 yàn ]饥 jī 者 zhě 口中皆 jiē 佳肴 jiāyáo .

Hunger is the best sauce.

[谚 yàn ]人 rén 皆 jiē 有 yǒu 过 Guò .

To err is human.

(谚 yàn )一分预防 yùfáng 相当于 xiāng dāng yú 十分 shífēn 治疗 zhìliáo .

An ounce of prevention is a pound of cure.

[谚 yàn ]五更 wǔ gēng 起床 qǐchuáng , 百 Bǎi 事 shì 兴旺 xīngwàng .

He that will thrive, must rise at five.

Words with 谚 yàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
谚语 yàn yǔ proverb諺語
谚 yàn proverb諺 yàn
民谚 mín yàn folk saying民諺
农谚 nóng yàn farmers' saying農諺
古谚 gǔ yàn old saying古諺

谚 yàn Decomposition & Compounds

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