Proverbs about language

1, listening to you is better than studying for ten years.

Said by: The story of a poor scholar who went to Beijing to catch an exam.

The scholar's inscription reads, "Listening to your words is better than studying for ten years."

Vernacular interpretation: after listening to what you said to me, I suddenly realized something more useful than reading for ten years.

2. Speak better than listen, but listen better.

Interpretation of vernacular: it is better to demonstrate by yourself; Listen to others, it is better to see for yourself.

3. A horse looks at his teeth, but a man looks at his words and deeds.

Vernacular interpretation: a horse's teeth can tell its age and whether it can work; A person's words and deeds depend on whether he is immature, unreliable and can do things well.

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Famous sayings about language

1. As a touching force, the beauty of language comes from the accuracy, clarity and beauty of words. Gorky

2. It is not how correct, powerful or beautiful the language itself is, but the power of thought it embodies. -Goethe

3. Language is the carrier and an important part of human culture; Every language can express the world outlook, mode of thinking, social characteristics, culture and history of the people who use it, and it is a valuable intangible heritage of mankind. Zhou Haizhong

If good feelings are not formed in childhood, you cannot cultivate them at any time. Because the formation of people's sincere feelings is related to the understanding of the most important truth and the experience and feeling of the most delicate part of the motherland's language. -Suhomlinski

It is hard to believe that an organism born ignorant of the basic nature of language can learn the structure of language. Children are born with the ability to learn a language, which can be called a language acquisition device. This mechanism is inherited from the human brain, and it is the mechanism for the human brain to understand and make sentences. This mechanism distinguishes people from animals and is a species attribute. -Chomsky

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