Dictionary of Etymology for Modern Chinese Word Names

Author: Wang Ailu
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Do you want to know why the daughter of an emperor is called a "princess"? Do you want to know why the owner of a shop is called a "boss"? Do you want to know why a bull is called an "ox with horns"? This book includes over 2,840 modern Chinese words. All the entries are real words, compound words, and Chinese words. Under each headword in the main text, there are two types of definitions: one is the rational meaning of the word, and the other is the etymology and origin of the word. At the end of the book, there is a Pinyin index of the headwords.