Chengyu: 100 Common Chinese Idioms Illustrated with Pinyin and Stories!

This illustrated edition of Chengyu: 100 Common Chinese Idioms features over one hundred of the most common and useful Chinese idioms in use today. The idioms include illustrations, pinyin pronunciation and stories. Chinese idioms are four characters long, and have a rich history in classical Chinese. Chinese students and enthusiasts will recognize and appreciate many of these common phrases used throughout the Chinese world. The book includes: 愚公移山 Old Man Moves Mountains 对牛弹琴 Playing the Instrument to the Cow 井底之蛙 Frog in the Well 按图索骥 Looking for a Horse with the Help of Its Picture 杀鸡吓猴 Kill a Chicken to Scare the Monkeys 画饼充饥 Allay Hunger with Cake Pictures 画龙点睛 Paint a Dragon and Dot the Eyes 百发百中 One hundred Shots, One Hundred Bull's Eyes 盲人摸象 Blind Men Touching the Elephant 塞翁失马 The Old Man Lost his Horse 名落孙山 Name Lower than Sun Shan ...and 88 more!