As the saying goes: As long as you don't offend me, I won't offend you. But there's another saying: To strike first means victory, to strike second means tragedy.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
俗话说
as the proverb says
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
as the proverb says
02
as they say
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 俗话说.
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Directly before
- 但俗话说1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 俗话说
What does 俗话说 mean in Chinese?
俗话说 (súhuàshuō) means as the proverb says.
How do you pronounce 俗话说?
俗话说 is pronounced súhuàshuō.
Is 俗话说 an HSK word?
俗话说 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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