俗話說 (súhuà shuō) — "as the saying goes," "as the proverb has it" (introducing a proverb)

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俗話說＝俗＋話＋說

ㄙㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄛ · súhuà shuō

phrase — "as the saying goes," "as the proverb has it" (introducing a proverb)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

俗common, popular (通俗)sú

話speech, saying (說話)huà

說to say (說話)shuō

俗話說，通俗的俗，說話的話，說話的說。

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俗話súhuàthe saying itself — this phrase introduces one常言道chángyán dào"as the old saying goes" — the bookish equivalent