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A Study on Basic Vocabulary Selection for Sequential Learning of Chinese Idioms

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2025, (77), pp.25~54
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.002
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Received : July 10, 2025
  • Accepted : August 20, 2025
  • Published : August 31, 2025

Lim Yeon-jung 1

1단국대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study presents a selection of vocabulary that should be prioritized for the sequential learning of Chinese idiom. Although the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education(2021) includes 380 idioms, it lacks a structured framework for step-by-step acquisition. Chinese idioms are one of the most difficult items to learn due to their unique characteristics, and this presentation situation may be a negative factor for future related education. In this study, we propose a list of prioritized Chinese idioms through corpus-based analysis and grading of the Chinese characters that make up idioms. By limiting the grades of Chinese characters, we extracted the vocabulary that is easily accessible to learners, and selected vocabulary based on idioms that are frequently used in China. The basic vocabulary list of idioms proposed in this paper can be used as a starting point for learning idioms, which can help to gradually revitalize the teaching and learning of Chinese idioms.

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