成語
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 成 | 語 |
| せい Grade: 4 |
ご Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Noun[edit]
成語 (hiragana せいご, romaji seigo)
Mandarin[edit]
| simpl. | 成语 | |
|---|---|---|
| trad. | 成語 | |
Noun[edit]
成語 (traditional, Pinyin , measure word 句/個/條/本, simplified 成语)
- Chengyu, a certain kind of Chinese set phrase originating in Classical Chinese, typically four or five characters in length.
- Any idiomatic expression.
Usage notes[edit]
- Although often translated as idiom, in fact 成語 chéngyǔ refers to a specific kind of idiomatic expression in Chinese (see Chengyu). Other kinds of idiom types include 俗語 súyǔ, 諺語 yànyǔ and 歇後語 xiēhòuyǔ.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 成 read as せい
- Japanese terms spelled with 語 read as ご
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Mandarin nouns
- Mandarin nouns in traditional script
- Chinese hanzi
- cmn:Intermediate Mandarin in traditional script
- cmn:Linguistics in traditional script
