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ABC Dictionary of Chinese Proverbs (Yanyu)
Contributor(s): Rohsenow, John S. (Author)
ISBN: 0824822218     ISBN-13: 9780824822217
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
OUR PRICE:   $57.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2001
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BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | Chinese
- Reference | Quotations
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
Dewey: 398.995
LCCN: 2001033588
Series: ABC Chinese Dictionary
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.28" W x 9.2" (1.27 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Chinese
 
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Publisher Description:

This Chinese-English dictionary of proverbs (yanyu) consists of approximately 4,000 Chinese proverbs alphabetically arranged by the first word(s) (ci) of the proverb according to the Hanyu Pinyin transcription and Chinese characters (standard simplified), followed by a literal (and when necessary also a figurative) English translation. Additional data such as brief usage notes, sources, parallel expressions, cross-references, and famous instances of use are provided where available. The proverbs are supplemented by an index of key words (both Chinese and English) found in all entries and of all topics addressed. The author has provided a scholarly introduction analyzing the definition, structure, usage, and history of these yanyu in traditional and contemporary China as well as a bibliography of collections and relevant scholarly studies of yanyu.

This work, the first such scholarly collection to appear since the Reverend Scarborough's 1926 collection, will be of use not only to sinologists in a wide variety of fields, including anthropology, literature, sociology, psychology, and history, but also to non-Chinese readers interested in Chinese culture or comparative ethnolinguistic and paremiological research.


Contributor Bio(s): Rohsenow, John S.: - John S. Rohsenow is associate professor of linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.