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A Comparative Study of English and Chinese proverbs ContentsA Comparative Study of English and Chinese proverbs Part 1 Explain the meaning of proverb and idiomPart 2 English and Chinese proverbs sourcesPart 3 Comparative English and Chinese proverbsPart 4 Conclusion about the different Conclusion about translation in provebsPart 5 Fun stories:When chinese encounter proverbsPart 6 Useful Book Part 1Explain the meaning of proverb and idiom Explain the meaning of proverb and idiom 1、Proverbs： A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. Proverbs are the daughter of daily experience. 2、Idiom： Specific character of this country’s language; Succession of words whose meaning is not obvious through knowledge of the individual meanings of the constituent words but must be learned as a whole. Explain the meaning of proverb and idiom example： Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌 touch and go 一触即发 Explain the meaning of proverb and idiom Part 2English and Chinese proverbs sources English and Chinese proverbs sources Proverbs from folk and books, proverb from book calledpopular proverb(俗谚), learned proverb(雅谚). Chinese proverbs sources: Most Chinese Proverbs are from books ——《左传》《周易》 《尚书》《诗经》《论语》…… English and Chinese proverbs sources Example 《周易》 人以类聚 物以群分 《尚书》 天作孽，犹可违； 自作孽，不可逭 English and Chinese proverbs sources English proverbs sources: Most English Proverbs are produce from Greek and Roman mythology ,and many writers——Shakespeare, Buffon,A.Edison,O.Wilde and so on. English and Chinese proverbs sources Example More hair than wit . 头发比智慧多 More matter，less art. 多讲实际，少弄玄虚 English and Chinese proverbs sources Part 3Comparative English and Chinese proverbs——Proverbs about weatherProverbs about moneyProverbs about time Proverbs about weather When the wind is in the east, it’s neither good for man nor beast. 风起东方，人畜不安。 When the wind is in the west,the weather’s at the best. 风起西方，气候最佳。 Geographic