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俗话说 meaning in English

súhuà shuō

as the proverb says; as they say...

HSK 7-9Traditional 俗話說26 strokes

Meaning of 俗话说

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súhuàshuō
  1. as the proverb says
  2. as they say...

俗话说 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

俗sú话huà说shuō：邪xié不bù压yā正zhèng；可kě俗sú话huà又yòu说shuō：道dào高gāo一yī尺chǐ，魔mó高gāo一yí丈zhàng！
As the saying goes: "good always triumphs over evil". But there's another saying that: "the fight against evil is a constant struggle".
俗sú话huà说shuō：双shuāng喜xǐ临lín门mén；可kě俗sú话huà又yòu说shuō：福fú无wú双shuāng进jìn，祸huò不bù单dān行xíng！
There’s a saying that goes, "Fortune always comes in pairs." But there’s another saying that says, "Fortune comes, but never in pairs, while misfortune always does."
俗sú话huà说shuō：一yī寸cùn光guāng阴yīn一yī寸cùn金jīn；可kě俗sú话huà又yòu说shuō：寸cùn金jīn难nán买mǎi寸cùn光guāng阴yīn！
There is a proverb that goes "time is money", but there is another one that goes "money can't buy you time".
俗sú话huà说shuō：浪làng子zǐ回huí头tóu金jīn不bù换huàn；可kě俗sú话huà又yòu说shuō：狗gǒu改gǎi不bù了liǎo吃chī屎shǐ！
The saying goes: to turn a new leaf is priceless. The saying also goes: a dog can't change their habits of eating shit!
俗sú话huà说shuō：高gāo丽lí菜cài汤tāng和hé粥zhōu是shì我wǒ们men的de食shí物wù。
There is a saying: cabbage soup and porridge are our food.

Stroke order for each character

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俗 sú · custom · 9 strokes

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话 huà · dialect · 8 strokes

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说 shuō · to speak · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 俗话说.

电话diànhuàtelephone; phone call
说话shuōhuàto speak; to say
打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call
的话dehuàif (coming after a conditional clause)
听说tīngshuōto hear (sth said); one hears (that)
说明shuōmíngto explain; to illustrate
讲话jiǎnghuàa speech; to speak
笑话xiàohuajoke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
小说xiǎoshuōnovel; fiction
对话duìhuàto talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
比如说bǐrú shuōfor example
普通话pǔtōnghuàPutonghua; standard Mandarin

Questions about 俗话说

What does 俗话说 mean?

俗话说 (súhuà shuō) means "as the proverb says; as they say...".

How do you write 俗话说?

俗话说 is made of 3 characters: 俗 (9 strokes), 话 (8 strokes), 说 (9 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.

Is 俗话说 an HSK word?

Yes. 俗话说 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 俗话说 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 俗话说 is written 俗話說.

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