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A Study on the Four Syllables Idioms Related to Body in Chinese

  • The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies
  • 2018, (42), pp.1-26
  • DOI : 10.18212/cccs.2018..42.001
  • Publisher : The Society For Chinese Cultural Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature > Chinese Literature > Chinese Culture
  • Received : October 8, 2018
  • Accepted : November 13, 2018
  • Published : November 30, 2018

Seongjun Hyun 1

1건국대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

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. Human body is very essential in their cognition development. Body metaphor is an important means for people to understand the world. So this paper choose body as a research subject. This paper mostly examines the marks of the body idioms with four syllables in Chinese. The body morphemes in Chinese are ‘xin(心)’, ‘mu(目)⋅yan(眼)’, ‘tou(頭)⋅shou(首), ‘kou(口)⋅zui(嘴), ‘shou(手)’. The aim is to summarize the body morpheme and its outside form by analyzing the rules of the body 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 Body Idioms with four syllables in Chinese”. It mainly discusses a component of Body Idioms in Chinese, ‘xin(心)’, ‘mu(目)⋅yan(眼)’, ‘tou(頭)⋅shou(首), ‘kou(口)⋅zui(嘴), ‘shou(手)’. ChapterⅢ is about “The Outside form on the Body Idioms with four syllables in Chinese”. It respectively discusses “When the Body morphemes are used alone” and “When the Body morphemes are used together”. Finally, a paper reference appendix is attached.

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