Idiom Story: Text and Image

Author: Zhao Jiqi Zong
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: Idioms are treasures of the language. Due to their concise formation, profound meaning, and ability to express deep, complex, subtle, specific, implicit, vivid, and lively thoughts, they have long been valued as fixed phrases or expressions in written or spoken communication. The role idioms play in language expression is quite extensive and profound. They can be used to describe characters, things, actions, and behaviors; or to illustrate a principle, using this to imply that, all of which can achieve the effect of being concise yet meaningful, thought-provoking, and rich in expression. This is something other words cannot replace. This book selects over 500 commonly used idioms with strong storytelling elements, each divided into three parts: explanation, origin, and story. For the explanations and origins of the idioms in the book, the New Edition of the Cihai and the Ciyuan are used as references, extracting original materials from the vast body of ancient cultural classics to ensure accuracy and reliability. The stories, while not contradicting history, are appropriately embellished with literary techniques to develop plot details, making them more accessible, vivid, and engaging.