Colloquialisms Dictionary: New Edition (Cihai Version)

Author: Wen Duanzheng
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 2004-09-01
Features:
- Entries: This book includes over 2,200 entries, primarily focusing on common and frequently used idioms suitable for readers with primary and secondary education levels in their reading and writing. Each entry consists of a main entry and sub-entries. Main entries are accompanied by annotations and example sentences, while sub-entries are marked with "also as" following the main entry. Each main entry has no more than two sub-entries, and sub-entries do not provide examples or their own entries.
- Typography: The font used in this book follows the "General Table of Simplified Characters" compiled by the National Language and Character Working Committee, as well as the "List for Standardizing Variant Characters" jointly issued by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China and the Committee for Language Reform.
- Definitions: Definitions first explain difficult or commonly confused characters within the entry, followed by the overall meaning. The definitions aim to be accurate and concise without delving into etymology, but relevant allusions or related to understanding the meaning may be briefly explained.
- Pinyin Pronunciation: Difficult or easily mispronounced characters in the entries are annotated with Pinyin.
- Example Sentences: Each entry includes example sentences to illustrate its meaning. The sources of these sentences are primarily the book itself, with a preference for examples from renowned classical and modern works by famous authors. However, generally published works (including newspapers and magazines) are also considered if their content is healthy, the entries are suitable, and the language and writing standards are high. Examples from famous works are annotated with their sources, while other works are marked as "Book," "Newspaper," or "Journal" to save space.
- Arrangement: Entries are arranged in alphabetical order based on Pinyin. Entries with the same initial sound and rhyme are ordered by tone (yin, yang, up, down). If the initial sound, rhyme, and tone are identical, they are arranged by the stroke order (horizontal, vertical, left-falling, dot, hook). If the first characters are completely the same, the second character is used for ordering, and so on.
- Index: An "Index of Stroke Order for the First Characters of Entries" is provided at the end of the dictionary for easy reference.