Chinese Characteristics inColloquial Expressions汉语惯用语.pdf

Chinese Characteristics in Colloquial Expressions 汉语惯用语 Copyright © 2009 by Lei Feng The right of Lei Feng to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright Act 98 of 1978. All rights reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction in other ways, and storage in data banks. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without permission given by the Author. First Published in South Africa 2009 by New Voices Publishing Cape Town, South Africa www.newvoices.co.za First Edition April 2009 in paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-920094-79-9 Chinese Characteristics in Colloquial Expressions 汉语惯用语 FENG Lei Contents 两字(liǎng zì) two-character expressions 9 三字(sān zì) three-character expressions 14 四字(sì zì) four-character expressions 54 五字(wǔ zì) five-character expressions 62 六字(liù zì) six-character expressions 74 七字(qī zì) seven-character expressions 89 八字(bā zì) eight-character expressions 104 九字(jiǔ zì) nine-character expressions 116 十字(shí zì) ten-character expressions 118 十一字(shí yī zì) 128 eleven-character expressions