Selected Proverbs 6000 (Network Version)

Author: Aliang
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: To meet the needs of a broad readership and provide richer entertainment resources for mobile text messages and online interactions, this book adopts the following selection methods:
1. It selects proverbs frequently appearing in newspapers and being commonly used in daily conversation, especially those created by young people for online interactions and mobile text messages, as well as some found in classical literature and literary works. Occasionally, proverbs with slightly weaker ideological content but still of use are also included, totaling over 6,000 selected proverbs.
2. The book is primarily arranged in the order of Pinyin syllable indices (listed after the Pinyin index) to correspond with related word and phrase reference books, thereby reinforcing memory and understanding.
3. To distinguish between proverbs with similar or identical forms, the book employs the following methods:
(i) Parentheses () are used to indicate:
1. Homophones. For example: "Bing lai jiang ying, shui lai tu yan (yan)" (meaning "If soldiers come, generals will meet; if water comes, earth will dam").
2. Replacement with another character. For example: "Di shui cheng he, ji (li) mi cheng luo" (meaning "Dripping water forms a river; accumulating rice fills a basket").
3. Replacement with different words. For example: "Bai xing (ren xin) qi, tai shan yi" (meaning "When the people are united, even Mount Tai can be moved").
4. Alternative expressions. For example: "Dou de he shang dou bu de si, dou (pao) le he shang dou (pao) bu liao si" (meaning "You can hide from a monk but not from the temple; if you hide from the monk, you can't hide from the temple either").
(ii) Brackets [] are used to indicate alternative phrasings or meanings. For example: "An bu wang wei, zhi bu wang luan [An bu kong wang wei, zhi bu kong wang luan]" (meaning "Peace must not forget danger; governance must not forget chaos"). Another example: "Lei le kang ru mi, bu lei mi bu tian [Lei le mi ru mi, bu lei mi bu tian]" (meaning "When hungry, chaff tastes like honey; when not hungry, honey tastes bitter").
4. To help readers correctly understand and use proverbs, an appendix titled "A Brief Introduction to Proverbs" is included to provide a comprehensive understanding of proverbs.