Primary School Idiom Dictionary

Author: Compiled by the Editorial Department of the Great Chinese Dictionary
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Publishing Date: July 1, 2003
Features:
1. This dictionary includes over 2,500 commonly used idioms for primary school students. In addition to general idioms, it also includes a small number of commonly used colloquial phrases and newly emerged idioms in recent years. Each entry consists of the headword, Pinyin romanization, definition, examples, synonyms, antonyms, and notes.
2. This dictionary is arranged in the order of Pinyin syllables. Idioms with the same syllable are arranged according to the tone order of level tone (yīn píng), rising tone (yáng píng), falling-rising tone (shǎng shēng), and falling tone (qù shēng); if the syllable and tone are the same, they are arranged according to the order of the second syllable.
3. When defining, the dictionary generally explains the idiom or word first, and then explains the difficult characters. When explaining the meaning of an idiom, it first presents the original meaning and then indicates the extended or metaphorical meaning. If an idiom has two or more meanings, they are listed as ①, ②, ③ for separate explanations.
4. Each meaning of every idiom in this dictionary is accompanied by an example.
5. An alphabetic index is provided before the main body of the dictionary.
6. The "Notes" section of this dictionary provides reminders for characters that are easily misread or misspelled in the entries, helping readers pay attention when using the dictionary.
7. An alphabetic index is listed at the beginning of the dictionary for easy reference.
8. The primary target readers of this dictionary are primary school students, but it can also be used by junior high school students and readers with junior high school or equivalent education levels. It serves as a teaching reference for primary school Chinese teachers.