谚 (諺) yàn
noun
a proverb; maxim
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '谚语'; FE '諺語')
Contained in
- 俗谚(俗諺) a common saying; a proverb
- 俚谚(俚諺) common saying; folk proverb
- 民谚(民諺) folk saying; proverb
- 俗谚口碑(俗諺口碑) common sayings; widely circulated proverbs
- 古谚(古諺) ancient proverb; old saying
- 农谚(農諺) farmers' saying
- 谚文(諺文) hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet
- 里谚(里諺) common saying; folk proverb
- 谚语(諺語) a proverb; a maxim
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 7
- 書記第二十五 Volume 25: Written Records The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons 文心雕龍 — count: 5
- 卷二十 Scroll 20 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷十七 楚四 Chapter 17: Chu IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 4
- 《大學章句》 Commentary on Great Learning Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 3
- 宣公 Lord Xuan The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 3
- 卷九十六 列傳第六十六 列女 Volume 96 Biographies 66: Exemplary Women Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 3
- 卷五十六 Scroll 56 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
- 卷一百 列傳第八十八: 序傳 Volume 100 Biographies 88: Preface to Biographies History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 3
- 《梁惠王章句下》 Commentary on Liang Hui Wang II Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 3
Collocations
- 谚曰 (諺曰) 且諺曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 137
- 谚云 (諺雲) 諺雲前車覆 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十八 楊李翟應霍爰徐列傳 Volume 48: Biographies of Yang, Li, Di, Ying, Huo, Yuan, Xu — count: 30
- 鄙谚 (鄙諺) 此鄙諺所謂 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說林下第二十三 Chapter 23: Collections of Persuasions II — count: 18
- 夏谚 (夏諺) 夏諺曰 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王下 King Hui of Liang II — count: 13
- 谚所谓 (諺所謂) 諺所謂 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 12
- 谚言 (諺言) 諺言 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十六 伏侯宋蔡馮趙牟韋列傳 Volume 26: Biographies of Fu, Hou, Song, Cai, Feng, Zhao, Mou, Wei — count: 12
- 周谚 (周諺) 周諺有之曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 7
- 人谚 (人諺) 故里人諺曰 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十六 說山訓 Chapter 16: A Mountain of Persuasion — count: 6
- 子谚 (子諺) 子諺 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷26 列傳第18 長孫儉 長孫紹遠 弟澄 兄子兕 斛斯徵 Volume 26 Biographies 18: Zhang Sunjian; Zhangsun Shaoyuan; younger brother Cheng; elder brother Si; Hu Sizheng — count: 3
- 谚一 (諺一) 夏諺一遊同 — History of Jin 金史, 卷四十 志第二十一: 樂下 宗廟樂歌 殿庭樂歌 鼓吹導引曲、采茨曲 Volume 40 Treatises 21: Music 2 - Ancestral Shrine Music and Songs, Palace and Court Music and Songs, Tunes Led by Wind Instruments, Selection of Lyrics and Music — count: 2