apothegm

1. In reading the above sentence, a curious apothegm of an old weather-beaten Dutch navigator come.
   我正念着上面这个句子，心里忽然想起一个久经风霜的荷兰航海家一句古怪箴言。
2. A Brief Discussion on Translation of Mottoes from Chinese to English To be an apothegm from Indian, it seemed to predict the way of culture anthropology researching-a way of study culture in the culture.
   这一句迪格尔印第安人的箴言似乎早就预言着当今文化人类学研究的方式&于文化脉络中考量文化现象。

noun

1. a short pithy instructive saying

   Synonym:    aphorismapophthegm