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1、AsurveyofcontrastivestudiesofEnglish&ChineseidiomsBecausecenterthewesternsocialculturehastheverybigdifference,itslanguagealsoinevitablycanhavetheverybigdifference.Thelanguagecannotleavetheculture,theculturealsocannotleavethelanguage.Thisarticleonfollowingseveralaspects,chatsthe
2、culturaldifferenceofwhichtwolanguagesexists.NumberNumbers,asanessentialpartofthelanguage,havenothingtodowiththegoodomensorillomensthemselves,However,owingtothedifferencesoftraditionalculturebetweenWesternWorldandEasternWorldsomenumbershavedifferentmeaningsofanalogiesinEnglishfr
3、ominChinese.InancientChinesephilosophy,“Ying”and“Ying”arethetwooppositesthatexistinallthingsundertheheavenUnderthisinfluence,evennumbersinChineseimplyauspiciousconnotations.Forexample,theChinesepeoplealwayshopehappyeventscometogether,asChinesesaying“好事成双”or“双喜临门”,Inaddition,the
4、atricalcouplets,aswellasantithesesinrhetoric,playanimportantpartinChinese.AmongChineseidioms,“四平八稳”meanssomeonecanhandleaffairsintherightway“四通八达”,describestheconvenienttraffic.And“六六大顺”expressesthateverythinggoeswithoutahitchTeninChineseindicatestheutmostInthesubocnciusner,oft
5、heChinesepeople,“十全十美”isusedtomodifyaperfectpersonorthing“十恶不赦”isusedtodescribesomeonewhoisextremelyvicious.Ontheotherhand,inmanyEnglishspeakingcountries,ThemajorityregardoddnumbersasgoodluckToexpressadeeperdegree,theyusuallyaddonetoanevennumber,especiallyhundredandthousand,Suc
6、has,onehundredandonethanks(十分感谢,千恩万谢),haveonethousandandonethingtodo(日理万机).TheTrinityinChristianity’sculturegivesasecretcultureoraprocedurebythreepartsinordertogetgoodluck.IntheHolyBible,thereisalegendthatrecordedhowtheGodcreatedeverythingontheearthduringsevendays.Fromittheconc
7、eptofsevendaysmakingupaweekiswellacceptedallovertheworld.ColorAsweknowlanguagecan’tdowithcultureBecauseofmanydifferencesbetweencultureandeasternculture,theirlanguagesarequitedifferentForexamplethelanguagesaboutcolorTalkingaboutcolor,therearesomesimilaritiesinChineseandEnglishTa
8、king“red”forexample,whetherinEnglish-speakingcountryor
