Cultural Reasons behind English and Chinese Idioms

摘要：

Idiom is a unit of a language constituted by words. Usually being bigger than words in size and function, idiom universally exists in a great number in a language which has a long history. Both English and Chinese, which are widely used and rich in expressive devices with glory of culture, have a multiple of idioms. Knowledge of the cultural reasons behind English and Chinese idioms will be of great help to the English learners not only in understanding what idioms mean, but also in giving a successful treatment of cultural flavors in idiom translation. In this paper, a number of examples are cited to illustrate the cultural reasons behind idioms in both English and Chinese. It is supposed to help the readers to understand idioms and avoid the misunderstandings caused by misuse of idioms in cross-cultural communications.

关键词：English and Chinese idiom、culture、cultural reason

分类号：TP393.07;H314.3;H0-05

在线出版日期：2017-07-20（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）

页数：共1页

页码：94-94