A Dictionary of Proverbs (Cihai Edition) - New Edition

Author: Wen Duanzheng Wen Shuyan
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Publishing Date: 2004-07-01
Features: A language tool book tailor-made for students' college entrance and high school entrance exams, once widely sold across the country with a total sales of 1,200,000 copies. The content has been optimized according to the new teaching requirements, emphasizing innovation, origin, cultivation, and practicality. The format uses a modern design with double-color printing to achieve solemnity, elegance, liveliness, and novelty. Entries. This book includes nearly 2,500 entries, including main and sub-entries. Main entries are annotated with explanations and usage examples; sub-entries are marked with "also as" after the main entries, generally without explanation, examples, or separate entries. Typography. The fonts used in this book are based on the "Total List of Simplified Characters" compiled by the National Language and Character Work Committee and the "List for the Rectification of Variant Characters" jointly issued by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China and the Committee of Language Reform. Phonetic Transcription. Obscure characters in the entries are transcribed using Pinyin. Polyphonic characters and those prone to mispronunciation are also transcribed with Pinyin for clarification. Definitions. First, the characters and words are explained, then the literal or original meaning of proverbs is elaborated, followed by the extended and metaphorical meanings. If there are allusions, they are briefly explained. Examples. Each entry is accompanied by usage examples. If there are two or more meanings, one example is provided for each meaning. The examples are generally annotated with their sources. Examples from newspapers and magazines are marked with "Newspaper" or "Magazine." Some excessively long examples are slightly abridged. Arrangement. Entries are arranged in the order of Pinyin. If the initial letters of the entries are the same, they are ordered by tone. If the initial letters are identical, they are arranged by stroke order (horizontal, vertical, dot, hook, and fold). If the initial characters are both in sound and form, they are arranged by the Pinyin of the second character, and so on. Index. An "Index of Entry Initial Characters by Stroke Order" is appended at the end of the dictionary for reference.