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成语

成语 chéngyǔ

成语 chéngyǔ Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 12 English Translations of the word 成语 chéngyǔ .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chéngyǔ | cheng2 yu3
English translation
Chinese set expression, often made up of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
idiom
proverb
saying
adage
set expression
CL:條 tiáo
>条 tiáo [tiáo],本 běn [běn],句 gōu [jù]

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HSK level

5

Traditional form

成語

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 成语 chéngyǔ

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 成语 chéngyǔ .

成 Chéng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 戊 wù represents the meaning and 丁 Dīng represents the sound. The 戊 wù (axe) component is used to represent defending a city. Based on the original meaning "city", now written as 城 chéng . The meaning later shifted to "build", "accomplish", and "comp

Positional decomposition

⿰丁戈

Number of Strokes

6
语 yǔ

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of 語 yǔ . Phonosemantic compound. 言 yán represents the meaning and 吾 wú represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

吾 wú

Semantic compound

讠 yán

Positional decomposition

⿰讠吾

Number of Strokes

9

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成语 chéngyǔ Decomposition

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成语 chéngyǔ Compounds

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  • 成 Chéng
    • 盛 Shèng
      • 墭
    • 城 chéng , 诚 chéng , 晟 chéng , 誠 chéng , 宬 chéng , 郕 Chéng , 铖 chéng , 娍, 峸, 晠, 珹, 窚, 筬, 絾, 膥, 臹, 荿, 鋮, 鯎
  • 语 yǔ
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