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俗语

sú yǔ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 俗語

俗语 (sú yǔ) means "common saying; proverb; colloquial speech". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 俗语 means

1. common saying
2. proverb
3. colloquial speech

The characters in 俗语

• 俗súcustom; convention; popular
• 语yǔdialect; language; speech

Example sentences

• 你中文真好，都能引用俗语了。
  Nǐ Zhōngwén zhēn hǎo, dōu néng yǐnyòng súyǔ le.
  Your Chinese is so good, you can quote proverbs.
• 我大部分能听懂他们说的话，但是听不懂他们说的俗语。
  Wǒ dàbùfēn néng tīngdǒng tāmen shuō dehuà, dànshì tīngbùdǒng tāmen shuō de súyǔ.
  I can understand most of what they say, but I don't understand the slang they use (in their speech).

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