Chinese Word: 农谚 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

农 nóng 谚 yàn (Trad.: 農諺)

farmers' saying

1		kàn zhe 看着 kàn zhe 看着， dōng zhì 冬至 jiù 就 dào 到 le 了， nóng yàn 农谚 lǐ 里 shuō 说 “ xiǎo hán 小寒 dà hán 大寒， shā zhū 杀猪 guò nián 过年 ” 。 Look, the winter solstice to the farmer's proverb says, " it is cold, pig year".
2		tōng guò 通过 duì 对 hé běi 河北 yàn yǔ 谚语， tè bié 特别 shì 是 nóng yàn 农谚、 fēng tǔ 风土 xí sú 习俗 yàn 谚 hé 和 xiū yǎng 修养 yàn 谚 de 的 kǎo chá 考察 lái 来 liǎo jiě 了解 lì shǐ 历史 yōu jiǔ 悠久 de 的 yān zhào 燕赵 wén huà 文化。 From Hebei s proverbs, especially agricultural proverbs customary proverbs and moral proverbs, we can understand the culture of Yanzhao which has a long history.
3		“ cǎi 采 wán 完 hāo cài 蒿菜 cǎi líng 采菱 ǒu 藕， wǔ yuè 五月 xià 下 hú 湖 bǔ yú 捕鱼 máng 忙 ” ， hú běi 湖北 lóng gǎn hú 龙感湖 hú qū 湖区 de 的 zhè 这 jù 句 nóng yàn 农谚 kě yǐ 可以 kè huà 刻画 chū 出 zhè ge 这个 jì jié 季节 de 的 fán máng 繁忙 jǐng xiàng 景象。 "After mining Gaocai then Cailing lotus root, in May everyone is busy to fishing in the lake", this saying can portray the busy scene of this season.