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Author: Wang Tao et al.
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Publish Date: 1996-05-01
Features: This book contains 17,000 idioms, including main entries and supplementary entries. Each entry is annotated with pronunciation, explained, and illustrated with examples from the text. This book is a compact version of the Comprehensive Idiom Dictionary, preserving the original book's style and text unchanged. Due to the reduced page size, the price is lowered, making it more appealing to readers. The dictionary includes 17,000 idioms, including main and supplementary entries. Main entries are the earlier or primary forms of idioms, each annotated with pronunciation, explained, and illustrated with examples. Supplementary entries are other forms of idioms, and this book does not provide separate explanations for them but only indicates the corresponding main entry name. The book uses simplified characters and selected characters. Characters that may cause misunderstanding are retained in their traditional or variant forms when necessary. The headwords are romanized using Pinyin, with standard Mandarin pronunciation annotations but without noting connected sound changes or tonal shifts. The explanation process generally follows this order: first, explain the characters and words, then interpret the literal or original meaning of the characters in the idiom, and finally explain its usage or extended and metaphorical meanings. The book strives to clarify the origins concisely and succinctly.