Binding: Paperback
Description: Chinese proverbs offer invaluable insights into both the language and rich culture of China. Assembled here are proverbs that form the basic cultural tokens with which Chinese speakers communicate about issues of love friendship morality life and human nature. In this new edition the authors have updated and reformatted their popular reference to 1,000 of the most illuminating and frequently used Chinese proverbs. Organized alphabetically by pinyin Romanization the proverbs in this volume are not only translated into clear idiomatic English but also rendered into both traditional and simplified Chinese. The book is an indispensable tool for students interested in mastering the subtleties and nuances of the Chinese language. New features in this edition include: simplified and traditional character renderings of each proverb a new introduction by the authors an English index of key terms and a concordance of key Chinese characters for easy reference.
Title: Dictionary Of 1000 Chinese Proverbs Revised Edition
Author(s): Leonard Schalk
Publisher: Hippocrene Books Inc. U. S.
Barcode: 9780781812962
Pages: 208 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 11/1/2012
Category: Folklore, Myths & Legends