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1、CultureDifferencebetweenChineseandEnglishAcomparativeStudyofEnglishandChineseidiomsfromtheirdifferentderivation1.IntroductionAsisknowntoall,idiomsaretheimportantpartoflanguage.Itisappliedathighfrequency,ittransformsplentyofculturalinformationsuchashistory,geography,reli
2、gion,andmilitary,custom,nationality,psychology,thoughtpatternandetc.alsoitcontainsalargenumberofculturefeaturesandculturebackgrounds.SodifferentculturesbringoutthesimilaranddifferentidiomsbetweenChineseandEnglish.Weshouldknowmuchaboutculturethroughstudyingidiomsandintur
3、ngetbetterunderstandingofidiomsbylearningtheculturalbackgroundbehindthem.FrancisBaconsaid,“Generouswitandspiritofanationarediscoveredbytheiridioms”.ComparingEnglishandChineseidiomswillhelpushaveabetterunderstandingofdifferencesandsimilaritiesofthetwolanguagesintheproces
4、soflearningEnglish.Inaddition,ithelpsusintranslation.2.Thedefinitionandclassificationofidioms2.1DefinitionWhatareidioms?Differentscholarshavedifferentopinionsanddefinition.Someareconsideringitasthecreamoflanguage;somethinksitisthetreasuryoflanguage;somethinksittobetheim
5、portantpartoflanguage.Tosumupdefinitionofidiomsinsomeauthoritativedictionaries:LongmanActiveStudyEnglish-ChineseDictionary:aphrasewhichmeanssomethingdifferentfromthemeaningsoftheseparatewords;TheConciseOxfordDictionaries:agroupofwordsestablishedbyusageandhavingameaningn
6、otdeduciblefromthoseoftheindividualwords;LongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglish:aphrasewordsfromwhichisformed;Webster’sNewWorldDictionaryoftheAmericanLanguage:anacceptedphrase,construction,orexpressioncontrarytothepatternsofthelanguage,orhavingameaningdifferentfromthela
7、nguageorhavingameaningdifferentfromtheliteral.Tobebrief,idiomisaspecialkindoflanguageformthatphrase,structureorexpressionestablishedbyusage.Totalunderstandingofitreliesonitswaysofusage.#2.2ClassificationLanguagecannotexistwithoutcultureasitscomponent.Aspartoflanguage,id
8、iomsincludingsetphrases,commonsayings,proverbs,idiomaticphrases,slang,atwo-partallegoricalsayingandallusionetc
