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  2. Chengyu - Wikipedia

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    Four word idioms or any idiom in Vietnamese are known as thành ngữ (chữ Hán: 成語, literally "set phrase/speech"). A large amount of idioms originating from Classical Chinese have been borrowed into the language, but there exists native counterparts to the Classical Chinese idioms. There are also many idioms that are Vietnamese in origin.

  3. Chinese proverbs - Wikipedia

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    In the preface and introduction to his 1875 categorized collection of Chinese proverbs, Wesleyan missionary William Scarborough observed that there had theretofore been very few European-language works on the subject, listing John Francis Davis' 1823 Chinese Moral Maxims, Paul Hubert Perny's 1869 Proverbes Chinois, and Justus Doolittle's 1872 Vocabulary and Handbook of the Chinese Language as ...

  4. List of Chinese quotations - Wikipedia

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    Deng Xiaoping (邓小平 Dèng Xiǎopíng); 1904– 1997) was a leader in the Chinese Communist Party.Deng never held office as the head of state or the head of government, but served as the de facto paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.

  5. The old man lost his horse - Wikipedia

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    Among chengyu (Chinese: 成語; pinyin: chéngyǔ), traditional Chinese idiomatic expressions, one finds the saying Chinese: 塞翁失馬,焉知非福. Sài wēng shī mǎ, yān zhī fēi fú [4] [3] The old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best. The meaning is How could one know that it is not good fortune? [5] Short versions

  6. Category:Chinese-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    Chinese idioms with an English equivalent (1 P) Pages in category "Chinese-language idioms" This category contains only the following page.

  7. Category:Chinese idioms with an English equivalent - Wikipedia

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    This category is for Chinese idioms for which there is an English equivalent (in terms of connotation). Pages in category "Chinese idioms with an English equivalent" This category contains only the following page.

  8. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace, Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for its living, and a child that is born on the Sabbath day is fair and wise and good and gay; Money does not grow on trees

  9. Hong Kong slang - Wikipedia

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    The rise of local slanguage is a social phenomenon in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, there are approximately 5.4 million active Internet users. [1] This immense number of Internet users apparently gives an impetus to the evolution of Hong Kong online forums and the birth of Hong Kong slanguage.