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A Study on the Animal Idioms with Four Syllables in Chinese
The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies
2017,
(37), pp.187-208
DOI : 10.18212/cccs.2017..37.008
Publisher : The Society For Chinese Cultural Studies
Research Area : Chinese Culture
DOI : 10.18212/cccs.2017..37.008
Publisher : The Society For Chinese Cultural Studies
Research Area : Chinese Culture
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The idiom, which is a special kind of Chinese vocabulary structure, reflects people’s wisdom and it is the fixed phrase with the characteristics of stable patterns, frequent uses, historic and racial traits. There are many animal-related idioms because humans have long been associated with animals and have a very close relation with animal. So this paper choose animal as a research subject. This paper mostly examines the marks of the animal idioms with four syllables in Chinese. The animal morphemes in Chinese are ‘ma(馬)’, ‘hu(虎)’, ‘gou(狗)⋅quan(犬), ‘long(龍)’, ‘yu(魚)’, ‘ji(鷄)’. The aim is to summarize the animal morpheme and its outside form by analyzing the rules of the animal idioms in Chinese. There are four chapters in this essay. ChapterⅠ, General Introduction. This chapter introduce the object, the scope, the methods. ChapterⅡ is about “the Component on the Animal Idioms with four syllables in Chinese”. It mainly discusses a component of Animal Idioms in Chinese, ‘ma(馬)’, ‘hu(虎)’, ‘gou(狗)⋅quan(犬), ‘long(龍)’, ‘yu(魚)’, ‘ji(鷄)’. ChapterⅢ is about “the Outside form on the Animal Idioms with four syllables in Chinese”. It respectively discusses “When the Animal morphemes are used alone” and “When the Animal morphemes are used together”. Finally, a paper reference appendix is attached.
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