New Curriculum Standard Primary School Idiom Handbook

Author: Writing Group of "Elementary School Idiom Handbook"
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This handbook is compiled based on the content of the newly revised nine-year compulsory education six-year primary school textbooks. It has the following characteristics:
1. The selection closely aligns with the textbooks while appropriately expanding the scope. It includes over 1,500 entries, exhaustively covering all idioms that appear in the first to twelfth grades of the primary school Chinese textbooks. Additionally, it includes some idioms that do not appear in the textbooks but are frequently used in books, periodicals, and daily life. Besides idioms, the handbook also includes a small number of colloquial phrases and fixed expressions similar to idioms that often appear in textbooks but are difficult to find in other reference books. These entries are specially included to facilitate students' learning.
2. The content is ( means "" in Chinese, which should be translated as "" in English), and the language is concise and colloquial. When compiling, the handbook fully considers the learning and life realities of students. The example sentences are as familiar as possible to students to facilitate their understanding and imitation. The definitions, example sentences, and language are both concise and easy to understand, avoiding verbosity, obscurity, or redundancy. This not only saves space in the handbook but also saves students' reading time.
3. The format is innovative, and the structure is clear. The design and arrangement of the handbook's format are completely based on the convenience of students' use. Under each entry, the main sections include phonetic notation, definitions, example sentences, synonyms, antonyms, and reminders. The "Reminders" section is specially designed by the compilers to address common errors in the character form, pronunciation, or meaning of certain idioms. The purpose is to alert students to potential mistakes when learning idioms, avoiding ambiguous errors. The "Definitions" section also provides special explanations for difficult-to-understand characters. Additionally, this section highlights the emotional connotations of some idioms. To enrich the content and facilitate students' learning, the handbook also includes additional sections such as "Simple Table of Classified Idioms," "Simple Reverse Table of Idioms," and "Examples of Idiom Games." These are appended at the end of the book.