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1、AComparativestudyofEnglishandChineseIdiomsAComparativestudyofEnglishandChineseIdiomsThesisstatement:understandingsimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishidiomswillhelpEnglishlearnersintranslationandconversation.Ⅰ.IntroductionⅡ.Thesimilaritie
2、sanddifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishidiomsinmeaningandusageA.SimilaritiesB. DifferencesⅢ.ThederivationindifferentimageinChineseandEnglishA. DerivingfrommilitaryaffairsB. Alludingtowell-knownliterarywordsC. Influencedbydifferentcustomsan
3、dbeliefsD. AffectedbydifferentculturesandbackgroundsⅣ.ComparisonofidiomsofcolorinChineseandEnglishA. Differencesinmeaning,similaritiesinsymbolB. SimilaritiesinmeaningandsymbolⅤ.ConclusionAbstract:Understandingsimilaritiesanddifferencesbetween
4、ChineseandEnglishidiomsisofgreatimportanceinthecross-culturalcommunication.Basedonacomparativestudy,thispaperwillstudyhowtheyaresimilar,andwhataredifferentinmeaningandusage.Itishopedthatthestudycanshedlightonthetwolanguagefeaturesandalsoprovidesomehel
5、ptoEnglishlearners,inthewayofincreasinglearner’sinterestinEnglish.Besides,itwillhelptoimprovecultureawareness.IwillconformthatlearningEnglishishappyandeasyratherthanboringanddifficult.Keywords:idioms,differences,similarities,comparison,conversationⅠ.I
6、ntroductionAsisknowntoall,languageisthemostdirectwayformankindtocommunicateinformationandexchangeideas,anditservesasabridgebetweendifferentpeopleandcultures.Idioms,asaspecialformoflanguage,existinbothofthemandcarryalargeamountofculturalinformationsuch
7、ashistory,geography,religion,andmilitaryaffair,custom,nationalitypsychology,thoughtpatternandetc,andthereforearecloselyrelatedtoculture.Theyaretheheritageofhistoryandproductofculturalevolvement.Consequently,wecanknowmuchaboutculturethroughstudyingidio
8、msandinturngetbetterunderstandingofidiomsbylearningtheculturalbackgroundbehindthem.FrancisBaconsaid,“Generouswitandspiritofanationarediscoveredbytheiridioms”.ComparingEnglishandChineseidiomswillhelpushaveabetterunderstandingdifferencesandsimil
