Life's Humorous Sayings and Witty Words

Author: Xu Dongxuan
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This book is a comprehensive dictionary of humorous and witty sayings about life, collected from ancient and modern times both at home and abroad. Humorous and witty sayings refer to proverbs, aphorisms, and epigrams that carry a humorous meaning. What they share with common proverbs, aphorisms, and epigrams is that they radiate the light of wisdom, spark the fire of thought, and condense the experience of life in just a few words. What they share is also that they are not only engaging and thought-provoking but also amusing and laugh-out-loud. This book selects 3,000 humorous and witty sayings related to life, organized along the lines of the stages of human life and life, divided into eight categories: Person·Humanity, Human Nature·Human Feelings, Life·Fate, Love·Marriage, Family·Career, Knowledge·Talent, Social Skills·Interpersonal Relations, Leisure·Fashion, with 172 thematic subcategories covering all aspects of life. Many subcategories are also accompanied by humorous masterpieces related to the text. The names of foreigners mentioned in the humorous sayings collected in this book generally follow the commonly accepted translations in China.
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