Essential Idioms: Practical Examples

Author: Zhang Xiupiang
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Publish Date: 2001-12-01
Features:
1. The book contains over 650 idioms and a small number of colloquial phrases, arranged in the order of Chinese Pinyin letters.
2. The idioms in the book are annotated with Pinyin for each character.
3. The definitions of idioms generally first explain the meanings of the characters and words in the idiom, followed by the meaning of the idiom. For some idioms related to origins or allusions, references or annotations are provided.
4. The book includes over 1,080 example sentences for idioms, selected from the works of Comrade Jiang Zemin, such as "In Defense of the Three Represents."
5. Each example sentence is annotated with its source. If an idiom has multiple examples, up to three are selected and listed.
6. The book has an "Alphabetical Index" and a "Stroke Index" for the idioms at the beginning of the main text, allowing readers to look up entries.
7. The definitions of idioms are partially based on reference books such as Modern Chinese Dictionary, Mini Dictionary of Chinese Idioms, and Dictionary of Chinese Idioms.