Multifunctional Student Idiom Dictionary

Author: Zheng Rong Guanfeng
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: This dictionary contains a total of 4,299 entries. The entries are selected from current primary and junior high school Chinese language textbooks, primarily focusing on commonly used idioms in modern Chinese as they appear in language textbooks. The idioms included are strictly defined as set phrases or short sentences that are relatively fixed, long-established, and carry specific meanings, with a predominance of four-character idioms. For synonymous idioms that have similar meanings and word-formation structures but differ in the arrangement of morphemes or in individual morphemes, this dictionary includes only the more common ones and those closely related to their origins as entries, while the other synonymous entries are listed as "also known as" in the definitions. The definitions in this dictionary are concise and clear, suitable for use by primary and secondary school students. Each entry first explains the literal and original meanings of the idiom, then describes its usage and extended meanings, as well as its metaphorical meanings. For difficult-to-understand words or characters in the idiom that are easily mispronounced or misspelled, separate explanations and phonetic annotations are provided.