ABC Dictionary of Chinese Proverbs (Yanyu) Contributor(s): Rohsenow, John S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824822218 ISBN-13: 9780824822217 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $57.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2001 |
Additional Information |
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 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
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. |