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Definitions

  1. 1. proverb

Words Containing 谚

俗谚
sú yàn

common saying

俗谚口碑
sú yàn kǒu bēi

common sayings (idiom); widely circulated proverbs

俚谚
lǐ yàn

common saying

古谚
gǔ yàn

ancient proverb

民谚
mín yàn

folk saying

谚文
yàn wén

hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet

谚语
yàn yǔ

proverb

农谚
nóng yàn

farmers' saying

里谚
lǐ yàn

common saying

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