Proverb Dictionary

Author: Wang Taoyu, Wang Ruoyan
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Proverbs are standardized artistic expressions collectively created and widely circulated orally by people. They are a summary of the life experience of the masses and a reflection of their wisdom. Proverbs are crystallizations of language that possess characteristics such as admonition, warning, experience, and philosophy. This dictionary, adhering to the principles of normativity, scientificity, representativeness, and practicality, selects approximately 5,400 commonly used proverbs from tens of thousands of collected proverbial materials. The proverbs included are rich in content and cover a wide range of topics. From life philosophy to moral cultivation, from political and social trends to social interactions, from work and study to production and seasonal customs, from astronomy and geography to agriculture, industry, commerce, and academia, from cultural education to sports and health, from marriage and family to food, clothing, housing, and transportation, from calligraphy, painting, and chess to health and wellness, from cultural relics and historical sites to local customs and traditions—all aspects of the vast world and its diverse phenomena are encompassed. This dictionary is practical in orientation, organizing the proverbs into categories based on meaning, with entries within each category arranged in phonetic order. Below each entry, there are phonetic annotations, definitions, subentries, and explanatory notes. An "Index of Entry Categories" and an "Index of Entry Strokes" are provided to facilitate easy reference.