Learn and Use Idioms

Author: Lu Xiaoyun
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Kids, do you know the meaning of the idiom "not making the cut"? Do you know where this idiom comes from? In this book, we have selected 137 commonly used idioms, each with an engaging story that will tell you how it originated. Once you know the origin of an idiom, you can understand its meaning more clearly and use it more appropriately. In addition to the stories and explanations of idioms, each idiom in this book also comes with a sample sentence. The purpose of learning idioms is to use them—to make your speech or writing more concise, accurate, vivid, and beautiful. Why don’t you try making a sentence with each idiom? How about it? This book is based on the new Chinese Language Curriculum Standards and will help you master idioms with ease. May you become good friends with it.