格言

géyán
maxim

CEDICT

proverb; saying; maxim

Wiktionary

可以為人法則、砥礪言行的簡短詞語。

重編國語辭典

作為人們行為規範的言簡意賅的語句

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

座右銘 zuòyòumíng
  1. motto
  2. maxim
訓條 xùntiáo
  1. instruction
  2. order
  3. maxim