I'm doing a project in my Chinese class on Chinese slang and was wondering if some native speakers could please give me some common SLANG words/phrases used in China. 谢谢！

Sure thing. I just googled and here are some results:http://xh.5156edu.com/page/18453.htmlhttp://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!ppZ._biWFRIPEpjujUMdlA--/article?mid=1673

http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/etc/quiz/proverbs.htmhttp://hi.baidu.com/ronteen/item/8c5bc4d5adc72514e1f46f4dI have no idea about the difference between proverb and slanghope this helps :)