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Virtuous Conduct, The Stories Behind Common Chinese Idioms
Virtuous Conduct The Stories Behind Common Chinese Idioms Author:Morning Glory Publishers, Beijing The Chinese language has a very long history and is rich in colorful idioms, which can be used to enhance the language's powers of expression enormously. — Here we present the 24 most common Chinese idioms in four categories: Stirring Deeds, Virtous Conduct, Wisdom and Legends. Each idiom has a brief explanation, followed by the story, in Chinese... more » and English, of how it arose. The profuse illustrations will help readers to understand the historical background to the idioms.« less