“滚石不生苔”是一句谚语。

"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a saying.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 滚石 Gǔnshí
  1. Rock Records, Taiwanese record label
  2. the Rolling Stones, British rock band
  3. Rolling Stone (magazine)
2 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
3 生苔 shēngtái mossy
=4 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=4 是 shì variant of 是 shì
5 一句 yījù
  1. a line of verse
  2. a sentence
6 谚语 yànyǔ proverb