这老话说得好啊
“As the old saying goes,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你们可是太有命了
“you guys are truly blessed.”
这 老话说得好 啊
“As the old saying goes,”
这肥水不流外人田
“wealth should stay within the family.”
“You cannot argue with what I am about to say because ancient wisdom backs me up.”
Invoking 'old sayings' is a common rhetorical device in Chinese culture to bypass logical resistance by grounding arguments in collective cultural consensus.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
as the old saying goes so well
A standard conversational pivot used right before citing an idiom, proverb, or customary belief.
Adds an exclamatory, warm cadence to engage the listener's attention.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“As the saying goes,”
“As the saying goes,”
“as the saying goes well,”
“As the saying goes,”
“As the old saying goes,”
“there's an old saying—”
“Well, isn't there an old saying?”