Gotti Posted January 13, 2008 at 03:10 PM Report Posted January 13, 2008 at 03:10 PM Could anyone give me a few examples of "Chengyu"? I just stumbled upon two of them whilst studying on my grammar book and i'm curious:mrgreen: Where do they come from?Classic chinese? Quote
skylee Posted January 13, 2008 at 03:23 PM Report Posted January 13, 2008 at 03:23 PM Here is a Chengyu dictionary -> http://www.chinese-tools.com/chinese/chengyu/dictionary The index of the dictionary -> http://www.chinese-tools.com/chinese/chengyu/dictionary/english.html Quote
Chinapage Posted January 13, 2008 at 08:23 PM Report Posted January 13, 2008 at 08:23 PM http://www.chinapage.com/quote/saying.html Quote
WindyFire Posted January 17, 2008 at 04:13 PM Report Posted January 17, 2008 at 04:13 PM Most of 成语 has four characters.Such as 狐假虎威,聚精会神,三长两短,暗度陈仓 etc.But some have more characters.For example,偷鸡不成倒蚀把米 etc. Some of them come from ancient stories or allegories.Others are just four-letter words. Quote
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