Allusions in the Chinese Language

28/04/2022 11 min Episodio 56
Allusions in the Chinese Language

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Episode Synopsis

Unfortunately for learners of Chinese as a foreign language, it is quite difficult.One major reason for its difficulty is that the language is packed with allusions to the ancient past. These may be in fixed forms as "chengyu" or as quotations or stories from history that one is simply expected to know.Here are a few illustrative examples that I recently encountered.Support the show