Dictionary of 1000 Chinese Proverbs (Hippocrene Bilingual Proverbs) [Paperback]

Marjorie Lin (Editor), Leonard Schalk (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781806828 | ISBN-13: 978-0781806824 | Publication Date: September 1, 1998

This collection of the most commonly used and understood Chinese proverbs is designed for a broad readership comprised of students of both language and culture, from secondary school level to post-graduate, as well as teachers, travelers, and linguists. A comparable or literal translation is provided for the 1,000 proverbs in this Chinese-English source of Chinese proverbs. This wonderful reference collection offers students insight into both the language and culture of China. --Organized alphabetically by keyword --Proverbs are arranged side-by-side with their English counterparts/translations and marked to identify either literal or free translations --Index organized by English subject

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Language Notes

Text: English, Chinese

About the Author

Schalk Leonard and Marjorie Lin

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781806828
• ISBN-13: 978-0781806824
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,554,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nicely done. Well Organized., November 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dictionary of 1000 Chinese Proverbs (Hippocrene Bilingual Proverbs) (Paperback)

Comprehensive and useful book for mastering great phrases and sayings. I appreciated the characters being written in the back and the GREAT indexing (both English and Chinese). It would have been nice to have tone marks over the Pinyin, but the characters make up for it.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It is not a easy to use dictionary., July 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Dictionary of 1000 Chinese Proverbs (Hippocrene Bilingual Proverbs) (Paperback)

This book comprises of proverbs and vernaculars. Some phrases are regional. The proverbs were organized based on their Mandarin Pin-yin pronounciation. However, for those who do not know Chinese writing or pin-yin, this book is not quite helpful if you just want to understand Chinese proverbs. However, if you know Chinese and Mandarin pin-yin, you will find this book somewhat helpful. Also, the English index helps.

As for me, who know how to read some Chinese (and do not know pin-yin), but would like to know the definitions of some proverbs, I find it difficult to look through the Chinese characters written in the back in order to find a proverb. Therefore, if the characters were typed and organized by strokes, that would be more helpful.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, November 7, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Dictionary of 1000 Chinese Proverbs (Hippocrene Bilingual Proverbs) (Paperback)

Distills the poetic wisdom of the ages into a lifeless list of bland exortations.

There are books available which do preserve and present the beauty of oriental thought, but I am afraid this is not one of them.

Try the book by Guy Zona, instead.