What is a Chengyu?
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ID: 0853
Intermediate
Take 5,000 years of linguistic history and ancient literature... throw in a few snakes, frogs, and fanciful tales. Mix in the odd digit for good measure. What do you get? Cryptic Chinese idioms. Now, we're not saying they're all as easy as 'horse horse tiger tiger,' but at least there's that one to get some mileage out of. Now listen to this podcast, and avoid being 'stupid lips stupid tongue.'
Jenny , John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 成语 | chéngyǔ | idiom | |
| 乱七八糟 | luànqībāzāo | in a mess | |
| 日常 | rìcháng | day-to-day | |
| 以为 | yǐwéi | to think mistakenly |
啊这么多成语太乱七八糟了怎么办
ǎ 啊zhème 这么duō 多chéngyǔ 成语tài 太luànqībāzāo 乱七八糟le 了zěnme bàn 怎么办
Ah! So many chengyu! What a mess! What should I do?
担心日常生活不需要那么多成语知道几个就好比如乱七八糟
dānxīn 担心rìcháng 日常shēnghuó 生活bù 不xūyào 需要nàme 那么duō 多chéngyǔ 成语zhīdào 知道jǐ ge 几个jiù 就hǎo 好bǐrú 比如luànqībāzāo 乱七八糟
Don't worry, in everyday life you don't need to know very many chengyu. If you know a few, it's enough. For example, 'what a mess.'
我还以为四个字的都是成语结果好多只是普通词组
wǒ 我hái 还yǐwéi 以为sì 四ge 个zì 字de 的dōu 都shì 是chéngyǔ 成语jiéguǒ 结果hǎo 好duō 多zhǐ 只shì 是pǔtōng 普通cízǔ 词组
I thought that four words together were all chengyu. It turns out a lot are just popular sayings.
成语都是固定的不能随便改
chéngyǔ 成语dōu 都shì 是gùdìng 固定de 的bùnéng 不能suíbiàn 随便gǎi 改
All chengyu are fixed. One can't just change them around.
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