English-Chinese Examples of National Customs and Idioms

Author: Pan Hong
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book compares the English-Chinese cultural meanings of 178 words across 8 categories, including mammals, reptiles and amphibians, birds, fish and insects, plants, colors, food, and kinship. It cites a large number of mainstream English and American reading materials and Chinese classical poetry as examples.