German Idioms Dictionary with Dual Explanations

Author: Zheng Huahan
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Idioms are an important part of German. They possess strong expressive power and emotional impact, and are widely used in daily life, news media, scientific papers, literature, and drama. Proper use of idioms can vividly describe objective things while fully expressing the emotional tone of the user, greatly enhancing the expressive power and emotional impact of the language. This dictionary includes approximately 12,500 German idioms. Each entry includes: the original idiom, a description of its rhetorical color or scope of application, German definition, Chinese translation or explanation of the idiom, etymology, German example sentences, and Chinese translations of the example sentences. This dictionary is an essential and comprehensive reference book for German learners and translation professionals.