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1、CultureDifferencebetweenChineseandEnglishAcomparativeStudyofEnglishandChineseidiomsfromtheirdifferentderivation1.IntroductionAsisknowntoall,idiomsaretheimportantpartoflanguage.Anditservesasabridgebetweendifferentpeopleandcultures.Itisappliedathighfrequency,ittransformsplentyof
2、culturalinformationsuchashistory,geography,religion,andmilitary,custom,nationality,psychology,thoughtpatternandetc.alsoitcontainsalargenumberofculturefeaturesandculturebackgrounds.SodifferentculturesbringoutthesimilaranddifferentidiomsbetweenChineseandEnglish.Weshouldknowmucha
3、boutculturethroughstudyingidiomsandinturngetbetterunderstandingofidiomsbylearningtheculturalbackgroundbehindthem.FrancisBaconsaid,“Generouswitandspiritofanationarediscoveredbytheiridioms”.ComparingEnglishandChineseidiomswillhelpushaveabetterunderstandingofdifferencesandsimilar
4、itiesofthetwolanguagesintheprocessoflearningEnglish.Inaddition,ithelpsusintranslation.2.Thedefinitionandclassificationofidioms2.1DefinitionWhatareidioms?Differentscholarshavedifferentopinionsanddefinition.Someareconsideringitasthecreamoflanguage;somethinksitisthetreasuryoflang
5、uage;somethinksittobetheimportantpartoflanguage.Tosumupdefinitionofidiomsinsomeauthoritativedictionaries:LongmanActiveStudyEnglish-ChineseDictionary:aphrasewhichmeanssomethingdifferentfromthemeaningsoftheseparatewords;TheConciseOxfordDictionaries:agroupofwordsestablishedbyusag
6、eandhavingameaningnotdeduciblefromthoseoftheindividualwords;LongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglish:aphrasewordsfromwhichisformed;Webster’sNewWorldDictionaryoftheAmericanLanguage:anacceptedphrase,construction,orexpressioncontrarytothepatternsofthelanguage,orhavingameaningdiffer
7、entfromthelanguageorhavingameaningdifferentfromtheliteral.Tobebrief,idiomisaspecialkindoflanguageformthatphrase,structureorexpressionestablishedbyusage.Totalunderstandingofitreliesonitswaysofusage.#2.2ClassificationLanguagecannotexistwithoutcultureasitscomponent.Aspartoflangua
8、ge,idiomsincludingsetphrases,commonsayings,proverbs,idiomatic
