A Small Dictionary of Chinese Idioms (Large Print) (Large Print)

Author: Commercial Press
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Publication Date: 2000-08-01
Features:
1. This dictionary includes 4,076 idioms. In addition to general idioms, it also includes some similar expressions or phrases that are developing into idioms and some commonly used proverbs.
2. The idioms in this dictionary are arranged in the order of Pinyin. Idioms with the same number of syllables and tones are arranged by the number of strokes in the Chinese characters; idioms with the same number of characters and tones are grouped together, and then arranged by the second and third characters in order of Pinyin; if the number of characters is the same but the tones are different, they are still arranged separately in order of Pinyin.
3. The dictionary uses Pinyin for romanization.
4. The definitions pay attention to the practical meaning of the idioms, with affirmative or negative connotations often reflected in the biased explanations.