English-Chinese Chinese-English Practical Dictionary

Author: Li Siguo, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 1997-08-01
Features: This dictionary consists of two parts: English-Chinese and Chinese-English, making it the latest bilingual reference book in China designed for readers at advanced, intermediate, and elementary levels. The English-Chinese section helps readers learn and use English, while the Chinese-English section assists readers in improving their English writing skills, catering to English learners and users of Chinese. The dictionary is compactly organized, rich in content, easy to understand, and distinctive in features, offering readers a sense of enlightenment and freshness upon use. The English-Chinese section includes over 40,000 entries, along with idioms, phrasal verbs, derived words, and compound words, totaling more than 50,000 words. The most notable feature of the English-Chinese section is the dedicated "Usage" section. Many hard-to-find details in books are comprehensively covered in "Usage," including synonyms, language point explanations, detailed grammar analysis, idiomatic usage, sentence patterns and collocations, differences and comparisons between British and American usage, and more. With the illuminating guidance of "Usage," readers find a lifelong companion in learning English. The Chinese-English section contains over 4,300 single-character entries and more than 35,000 multi-character entries, arranged in Pinyin order, with simplified characters accompanied by their traditional forms. The Chinese-English section is characterized by its strong practicality, broad coverage, accurate and concise definitions, making it an excellent guide for English learners to improve their spoken Chinese and for Chinese learners to enhance their English writing skills.