A Little Dictionary of Idioms

Author: Wang Jian
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: This dictionary is compiled to facilitate the learning and application of idioms for primary and secondary school students. It contains a total of 4,000 idioms. The collection includes commonly used idioms in daily reading and writing, covering the majority of idioms found in primary and secondary school Chinese language textbooks. The entries in the main body of the dictionary are arranged in the order of Pinyin letters. For each entry, after listing the idiom, the Pinyin pronunciation is provided first. If the idiom contains difficult characters or words, an explanation follows. Then, the entire idiom is elaborated on, followed by [Example Sentences]. The dictionary uses Pinyin letters to annotate the pronunciation of each character in the idiom. For characters that require tone changes in spoken language, the original tone is noted without any tone modification.