A Dictionary of Idioms

Author: Wang Taoyu (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The book contains a rich collection of idioms, vast and inexhaustible. To highlight the practicality, scientific rigor, and entertainment value of the dictionary, the author has specifically selected, organized, and filtered nearly 100,000 idioms collected over the years, striving to present the best idioms to a broad readership. In addition to selecting traditional idioms that have long been passed down orally, the book also includes new idioms reflecting the spirit of the times and scientific progress. For ease of comparison and selection, and to save space, the book adopts a method of grouping similar explanations and arranging them together, where multiple explanations for the same metaphor are combined, and different explanations are separated by “/”. To facilitate readers in searching, the entries are arranged in Pinyin alphabetical order according to readers' usage habits, and a "Pinyin Index of Entry First Characters" is provided. For ease of learning and use, the book is printed in a two-color format, making the sections clear and intuitive. To facilitate portability, the book uses the international large 64-page format. Therefore, compared to similar reference books, this book offers the advantages of carefully selected entries, a compact size, a large capacity, easy retrieval, and convenient portability.