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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[yàn]
  1. 1. noun saying

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[yàn]
  1. 1. noun proverb; saying; adage; saw
    proverb; saying; adage; saw

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[yàn]
  1. 1.

Examples

One good turn deserves another.
<谚>以德报德。 turn
Constant dropping wears out the stone.
<谚>滴水穿石。
Where there is a will, there is a way.
<谚>有志者事竟成。
The early bird gets the worm.
[] 捷足先登。 worm

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