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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

成语 [chéngyǔ]
  1. 1. noun idiom

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

成语 [chéngyǔ]
  1. 1. set phrase (usually composed of four characters); idiom

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

成语 [chéngyǔ]
  1. 1. 人们相沿习用的意义完整、结构定型、表达精炼、含义丰富的固定词组,多为四字格。

Examples

不要滥用成语典故。
We should not use proverbs and allusions indiscriminately.
这些成语的出典要认真确定,不能出错。
We must carefully confirm the derivation of these phrases, and make sure we don't make any mistakes.
成语故事“完壁归赵”中那个主角的身份是个客卿。
The protagonist of the story "Returning the Jade Intact to the State of Zhao" is a person from one feudal state serving in the court of another.
有的时候,误用成语是会贻笑大方的。
You can make yourself a laughing stock by using idioms in a incorrect way.
很多成语来源于历史故事。
Many Chinese idioms originate from historical stories.
成语
这条成语出自《左传》
误用成语
所注成语的出处有误
许多成语不能只从字面上去理解。

Word Decomposition


[chéng]
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[yǔ]

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