proverb
n
short well-known saying that states a general truth or gives advice, eg `It takes two to make a quarrel´ or `Don´t put all your eggs in one basket´ 谚语, 格言(精练的俗语, 或为普遍道理或为劝戒语, 如`一个巴掌拍不响'或`不要把全部家当放在一处')
the Book of Proverbs, ie one of the books of the Old Testament containing the proverbs of Solomon 《箴言》(《圣经?旧约》中的一卷书).