Pop Chinese: A Cheng & Tsui Bilingual Handbook of Contemporary Colloquial Expressions
Publisher:
Cheng & Tsui
Publication:
1/2007
Languages:
English, Chinese
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN/SKU:
9780887275630
Pages:
250
Sizes:
224 x 153mm
Weight:
0.6620
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Pop Chinese is a unique bilingual handbook to help both native and non-native speakers of Chinese decipher the many new expressions popping up now in present-day China. It contains 1,200 colloquial idioms and phrases popular in China today, with usage examples taken from over 500 popular films, TV series, and contemporary novels and short stories.
Each entry includes simplified characters and pinyin, with traditional equivalents for head listings. English definitions provide both idiomatic and literal meanings, while background notes in English explain the context in which example phrases are used. There is no other book like this and it makes gaining fluency fun.
A MUST-HAVE TOOL for translators and researchers!
Each entry includes simplified characters and pinyin, with traditional equivalents for head listings. English definitions provide both idiomatic and literal meanings, while background notes in English explain the context in which example phrases are used. There is no other book like this and it makes gaining fluency fun.
A MUST-HAVE TOOL for translators and researchers!