Proverb and idiom

Author: Wen Jing
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Proverbs and idioms are relatively fixed forms that gradually develop in the process of language evolution, representing the essence of widely circulated folk oral language. Unlike ancient texts, which can be very obscure, they are rich in the flavor of daily life and national characteristics, broadly reflecting people's lives and emotions. Despite their simple form, they are sincere, vivid, and full of wisdom. From proverbs and idioms, we can appreciate their unique characteristics of the era. They can explain natural or social phenomena, express certain emotions, rationality, and moral evaluations; they are maxims created by the masses, embodying the crystallization of their wisdom, as well as the accumulation of national culture and life experience in language. Therefore, they are often admired, quoted, and even refined by scholars and writers of past generations, becoming a beautiful landscape in literary language.