格言

géyán
maxim

CEDICT

proverb; saying; maxim

Wiktionary

可以为人法则、砥砺言行的简短词语。

重編國語辭典

作为人们行为规范的言简意赅的语句

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 格 gé
  1. square
  2. frame
  3. rule
  4. (legal) case
  5. style
  6. character
  7. standard
  8. pattern
  9. (grammar) case
  10. (classical) to obstruct
  11. to hinder
  12. (classical) to arrive
  13. to come
  14. (classical) to investigate
  15. to study exhaustively
2 言 yán
  1. words
  2. speech
  3. to say
  4. to talk

Related entries

座右铭 zuòyòumíng
  1. motto
  2. maxim
训条 xùntiáo
  1. instruction
  2. order
  3. maxim