AbstractProverbs are parts of language used in ancient and modern writings. Chinese’s and Indonesian’s proverbs are indispensable part of the language, and its numbers are quite rich. One of it is the proverb that reflected the meaning of numerals. It is used often to reveal the rank of one’s life. The writer chose Chinese’s and Indonesian proverbs containing numerals (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) as the research object. The writer collected and analyzed the meaning of the proverbs were contain numerals from “Xinhua Chengyu Cidian†and Proverbs Dictionaries, after that compared between Chinese’s and Indonesian’s proverbs. Through comparative and analytical methods, the writer summarizes the meanings, similarities, and differences between Chinese’s and Indonesian’s numeral proverbs. The writer draws the conclusions: from sense of the meanings, the Chinese’s numerals proverbs and the Indonesian’s numeral proverbs containing numbers; "one, two, three, four, five" it has the similarities used to expressed quantities and frequencies. For example;         'A cage of two birds' and '百里挑一 (BÇŽi lÇ tiÄo yÄ«)'. The writer hopes this thesis can help Chinese teachers to find the right teaching methods in teaching Chinese’s proverbs, help learners more easily to learn Chinese’s proverbs, and improve students' ability to understand and use proverbs.Keywords: Chinese’s Proverbs, Indonesian’s Proverbs, Numeral Proverbs, Comparative         AnalysisÂ
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