俗语

súyǔ

common saying; proverb

Traditional 俗語

HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9 noun

Meaning

súyǔ su2 yu3

common saying
proverb
colloquial speech

Example sentences

nǐ你Zhōngwén中文zhēn真hǎo好，dōu都néng能yǐnyòng引用súyǔ俗语le了。

Your Chinese is so good, you can quote proverbs.
wǒ我dàbùfen大部分néng能tīngdǒng听懂tāmen他们shuō说dehuà的话，dànshì但是tīng听bù不dǒng懂tāmen他们shuō说de的súyǔ俗语。

I can understand most of what they say, but I don't understand the slang they use (in their speech).

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