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1、CultureDifferencebetweenChineseandEnglishCultureDifferencebetweenChineseandEnglishAcomparativeStudyofEnglishandChineseidiomsfromtheirdifferentderivation1.IntroductionAsisknowntoall,idiomsaretheimportantpartoflanguage.Anditservesasabridgebetweendifferentpeopleandcultur
2、es.Itisappliedathighfrequency,ittransformsplentyofculturalinformationsuchashistory,geography,religion,andmilitary,custom,nationality,psychology,thoughtpatternandetc.alsoitcontainsalargenumberofculturefeaturesandculturebackgrounds.Sodifferentculturesbringoutthesimilara
3、nddifferentidiomsbetweenChineseandEnglish.Weshouldknowmuchaboutculturethroughstudyingidiomsandinturngetbetterunderstandingofidiomsbylearningtheculturalbackgroundbehindthem.FrancisBaconsaid,“Generouswitandspiritofanationarediscoveredbytheiridioms”.ComparingEnglishandCh
4、ineseidiomswillhelpushaveabetterunderstandingofdifferencesandsimilaritiesofthetwolanguagesintheprocessoflearningEnglish.Inaddition,ithelpsusintranslation.2.Thedefinitionandclassificationofidioms2.1DefinitionWhatareidioms?Differentscholarshavedifferentopinionsanddefini
5、tion.Someareconsideringitasthecreamoflanguage;somethinksitisthetreasuryoflanguage;somethinksittobetheimportantpartoflanguage.Tosumupdefinitionofidiomsinsomeauthoritativedictionaries:LongmanActiveStudyEnglish-ChineseDictionary:aphrasewhichmeanssomethingdifferentfromthe
6、meaningsoftheseparatewords;TheConciseOxfordDictionaries:agroupofwordsestablishedbyusageandhavingameaningnotdeduciblefromthoseoftheindividualwords;LongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglish:aphrasewordsfromwhichisformed;Webster’sNewWorldDictionaryoftheAmericanLanguage:anac
7、ceptedphrase,construction,orexpressioncontrarytothepatternsofthelanguage,orhavingameaningdifferentfromthelanguageorhavingameaningdifferentfromtheliteral.Tobebrief,idiomisaspecialkindoflanguageformthatphrase,structureorexpressionestablishedbyusage.Totalunderstandingofi
8、treliesonitswaysofusage.#2.2ClassificationLanguagecannotexistwithoutcultureasitscomponent.Aspartoflanguage,idiomsincludingse
