A survey of contrastive studies of English Chinese idims英语毕业论文.docVIP

A survey of contrastive studies of English Chinese idioms Because center the western social culture has the very big difference, its language also inevitably can have the very big difference. The language cannot leave the culture , the culture also cannot leave the language. This article on following several aspects, chats the cultural difference of which two languages exists. Number Numbers, as an essential part of the language, have nothing to do with the good omens or ill omens themselves, However, owing to the differences of traditional culture between Western World and Eastern World some numbers have different meanings of analogies in English from in Chinese. In ancient Chinese philosophy, “Ying” and “Ying” are the two opposites that exist in all things under the heaven Under this influence , even numbers in Chinese imply auspicious connotations. For example, the Chinese people always hope happy events come together, as Chinese saying “好事成双”or “双喜临门”,In addition, theatrical couplets, as well as antitheses in rhetoric, play an important part in Chinese . Among Chinese idioms, “四平八稳” means someone can handle affairs in the right way “四通八达”, describes the convenient traffic. And “六六大顺” expresses that everything goes without a hitch Ten in Chinese indicates the utmost In the subocnciusner, of the Chinese people, “十全十美” is used to modify a perfect person or thing “十恶不赦” is used to describe someone who is extremely vicious. On the other hand, in many English speaking countries, The majority regard odd numbers as good luck To express a deeper degree, they usually add one to an even number, especially hundred and thousand , Such as , one hundred and one thanks (十分感谢,千恩万谢), have one thousand and one thing to do (日理万机). The Trinity in Christianity’s culture gives a secret culture or a procedure by three parts in order to get good luck. In the Holy Bible, there is a legend that recorded how the God created everything on the earth during seven days. From it the conce