What is the explanation of idioms?

Idiom is a major feature of traditional culture in China, which has a fixed structure and a fixed sentence, indicating a certain meaning. It is applied to a sentence as a whole, with subject, object, attribute and other components. A large part of idioms are passed down from ancient times and represent a story or allusion. Some idioms are just a miniature sentence. Idiom is a ready-made word, similar to idioms and proverbs, but slightly different.

Idioms are a bright pearl in China culture.

[Basic Explanation] Fixed phrases are unique and used for a long time in ancient Chinese vocabulary, which come from ancient classics or works, historical stories and people's oral stories. The meaning of idioms is incisive, often implied in literal meaning, rather than simply adding up the meanings of their components. Its structure is tight, and it is generally impossible to change the word order, extract or increase or decrease its components at will. Its form is mostly four characters, and there are also some three characters and multi-characters, which are mostly composed of four characters. Simply put, idioms are words that are well known, can be quoted from classics, have clear sources and allusions, and are highly used.

[Detailed explanation]

1, as the old saying goes.

Liu Yuanqi's "Returning to Qian Zhi" Volume 12: "Ancient prose should not be copied from predecessors' idioms, but should be strengthened by strangeness; 46. It is advisable to use the idioms of predecessors, and it is not advisable to be unfamiliar. "Random thoughts, songs and tunes by Li Yu in Qing Dynasty": "All stubborn sentences are not self-made, only idioms are quoted. " ? Lu Xun? The fierce viewpoint in My Festival in the Grave: "How can an unfaithful woman (China called her infidelity' infidelity', but she has no idioms, so she can only be called infidelity') endanger the country? "

2. It refers to a fixed phrase with long-term use, stereotyped structure and complete meaning, which consists of four words.

Qing Ren Imperial College's Questioning Jing Yi: "Don't say what you do, don't remonstrate what you do, let bygones be bygones, or an idiom at that time." Zhao Shuli's golden sentence: "I thought for a while and came up with an ambiguous idiom." I wrote four big characters:' universally recognized'. "