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1、AnalysisofEnglishandChineseIdiomsfromanInterculturalPerspectiveAbstract:Asanimportantpartoflanguage,idiomsarefixedphraseswithparticularmeanings.Theyarewell-knownandtheyplayanincreasinglyimportantroleinpeople’sdailylife.Bothorientalandwesternpeopleareaccustomed
2、touseidiomsbecausetheyareconcise,vividandhumorous.Idiomsaretheessenceofcultureineverycountryandtheyembodytherichculturalfeatures.Ifpeopledon’tunderstandtheculturalconnotationreflectedinidiomstheymayhavegreatdifficultyininterculturalcommunication.Thereforeitisn
3、ecessaryforlanguagelearnerstounderstandingidiomsfromaculturalperspective.Thispaperisdividedintothreeparts.Thefirstpartshowspeoplewhatidiomis,whatcultureis,aswellastheirrelationship.ThesecondpartshowsculturalsimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishidi
4、oms.Theaimofthisthesisistoenhancelanguageleaner’sinterculturalawarenessofcomprehendingandutilizingidiomsfromdifferentculturespreciselyandaccurately.Keywords:idioms;culturalconnotation;interculturalcommunication.I.IntroductionEverylanguageinthisworldhasagreatma
5、nyofidioms,especiallythosehighlydevelopedtongue.Idiomsconsistofsetphrasesandshortsentences,whicharepeculiartothelanguageandsteepedinthenationalandregionalcultureandideas,thusbeingcolorful,forcibleandthought-provoking.(ZhangWeiyou,181)It’sbelievedthatforeignlan
6、guageslearnerslearnnotonlylanguage,butalsothecultureinwhichlanguageshapesanddevelops.Theprocessofreceivingalanguageisalsotheprocessofacquiringtheculturerelatedsincetheyaffecteachothersodeeplyandwidely.EnglishandChinese,astwoofmosthighlydevelopedlanguagesinthew
7、orld,definitelycontainsaboundidioms.BritainandChinawhichoncehavecontributedalottoworldcivilizationandcausedatremendousimpacttothewholeworldareabsolutelyrepresentativesofWesterncultureandOriental’s.English,asthemostactiveandwidelyusedlanguage,enjoysavastidiomat
8、icbasiswhichmakesitslearningveryexcitingandinterestingwithabout4,000idiomsusedinthedailycommunication.Similarly,therearealsomanyidiomsinChineselanguage.However,becauseofculturaldif
