sú​huà​shuō HSK7

proverb says

俗话说 (俗話說) sú​huà​shuō
proverb says noun
as the saying goes; a phrase used to introduce a common proverb or piece of folk wisdom

俗话说患难真情

sú​huà​shuō, huàn​nàn jiàn zhēn​qíng.

As the saying goes, 'A friend in need is a friend indeed.'

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.19 per million appears in 1% of films

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CH