300 Idioms (Latest Colored Pinyin Version)

Author: He Feiyu
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: Idioms differ from scientific terms: scientific terms represent scientific concepts, not general concepts. For example, "Leninism" is a scientific term, although it is a fixed phrase composed of several characters, it is not an idiom. Idioms differ from proverbs: most proverbs are sentences rather than phrases. Proverbs often have a strong colloquial flavor, unlike idioms, which have a classical literary flavor. The form of proverbs is not as regular as idioms, for instance, "sit on the mountain and watch tigers fight." Of course, the distinction between idioms and proverbs is not very clear. Idioms differ from chiheyu (fixed sentences with two parts): chiheyu is a fixed sentence that must consist of two parts, with the first part using an object as a metaphor and the second part explaining it directly. For example, "Nirvana Bodhisattva crossing the river, difficult to save himself" is a chiheyu, not an idiom. Idioms also differ from ordinary four-character phrases. If the words in a phrase can be replaced, it should be considered an ordinary phrase. Idioms are a whole and their components cannot be replaced arbitrarily.