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500 common Chinese idioms / Liwei Jiao, Cornelius C. Kubler, Weiguo Zhang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jiao, Liwei.
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese language--Idioms--Dictionaries--English.
- Chinese language.
- Chinese language--Terms and phrases.
- Chinese language--Idioms.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 309 pages ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Five hundred common Chinese idioms
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
- Language Note:
- Text in English and Chinese.
- Summary:
- 500 Common Chinese Idioms is the ideal tool for all intermediate to advanced learners of Chinese. Based on large corpora of authentic language data, it presents the 500 most commonly used Chinese idioms or chengyu, along with a variety of synonyms, antonyms and the most common structures, enabling the reader to make educated guesses about the meanings of hundreds of unfamiliar idioms. Key features include: the idiom in both simplified and traditional characters a literal English translation and English equivalents two suitable example sentences, plus explanations and usage notes a Pinyin index and stroke order index. This practical dictionary is suitable both for class use and independent study and will be of interest to students and teachers of Chinese alike.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780415598934
- 0415598931
- 9780415776820
- 0415776821
- 9780203839140
- 0203839145
- OCLC:
- 613994893
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