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Cheng Yu Jing Jie ( The Collection of Chinese Idioms Reference), compiled by Zhan Jing and Huichun Liang. The Flower Publishing House, China, Canton, 1999. ISBN: 7-5360-3102-5.

Chinese idioms are the proverbs commonly used. Chinese idioms contain literal allusions from analogy, historical stories, famous Chinese quotes to folklore.

The Idioms as myriad of colorful "set phrases" may be deceptively simple when read but can hold a profound message. The Chinese use these idioms on a daily basis. The most common word length of an idiom is four.

This book has 250, 000 Chinese characters, 697 idioms.

Last Modified: 12-9-2003