Proverbs are concise and concise phrases that are widely circulated among the people. Most of them reflect the practical life experience of working people and are usually passed down orally. It is mostly an easy-to-understand short sentence or rhyme in spoken form.

Proverbs, like idioms, are part of the language as a whole and can increase the vividness and vividness of the language. But proverbs and famous quotes are different. Proverbs are the practical life experience of working people, while famous quotes are what celebrities say.

Proverbs are concise, concise and relatively stereotyped artistic statements that are collectively created by the people and widely transmitted orally. They are regular summaries of the people's rich wisdom and universal experience. According to the content, it can be divided into three categories:

(1) Meteorological proverbs. Meteorological proverbs are proverbs for understanding nature and summarizing production experience, such as "There are long worms in the aisles and heavy rain is coming", "There are three treasures in the Northeast: ginseng, mink, and uralensis", etc.

(2) Agricultural proverbs. Agricultural proverbs are the farming experience summed up by farmers in production practice, such as "When jujube sprouts sprout, plant cotton", "This winter, wheat is covered with three layers of quilt, next year you will sleep with steamed buns on your pillow", etc.

(3) Life proverbs. Life proverbs are proverbs summarized by people based on health care knowledge, such as "Cold starts from the feet and disease comes from the mouth", "Get up early in the morning and you will not feel old at eighty", etc.

(4) Social proverbs. Social proverbs generally refer to things that should be paid attention to in dealing with people, dealing with people, running a family and governing the country, etc., such as: "A man who is small is not a gentleman, and a man who is not poisonous is not a husband", "People cannot be judged by their appearance, and sea water cannot be measured", "If you don't know, you can't measure it." , Do nothing unless you do it yourself" and so on.

Extended information:

Proverbs include idioms, which are folk proverbs with a unique artistic structure. It consists of two parts. The front is a pretext, which is a metaphor; the latter is a purpose. Words are explanations. Divided into two types: meaning and harmony. Homophones for the idiom, for example: green onion mixed with tofu - one green (clear) and two white; meaning idiom, for example: fifteen buckets to fetch water - seven up and eight down.

Xiehouyu is mainly used to express certain situations in life and certain psychological states of people, such as "A sesame falls into the eye of a needle - it's a coincidence." It is often humorous and ironic, such as "Tiger wears beads - fake compassion". It is a metaphorical image, sharp in sarcasm, and very expressive. Some people even compare the idioms to "essays" in the proverb.

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