Primary School Idiom Dictionary

Author: Deng Jiazhi
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Since the publication of the "Elementary School Idiom Dictionary," it has received widespread attention and popularity among children. The children find that the definitions of idioms in the book are profound yet simple, easy to understand, and the pinyin meets standardized requirements. The example sentences use modern Chinese, making them clear and easy to comprehend. Additionally, concise and brief hints are provided for characters that are often misread or misspelled, and phonetic annotations are added to some difficult characters in the text. These features are well-suited to their needs. During the process of using this idiom dictionary, the young readers have offered many suggestions, primarily focusing on idioms encountered in extracurricular reading that could not be found in the dictionary. In response to readers' requests, this revision has added about 570 new idioms to the original 1,370, bringing the total to over 1,900. It is believed that the dictionary can now meet the learning needs of children both inside and outside the classroom. During the revision, the original book was thoroughly reviewed, and several errors in layout and proofreading were corrected. Some entries and example sentences were also replaced to better suit the actual level of young readers.