Idioms and proverbs can be found in thousands of different cultures and languages across the world—and although there are often parallels between the meanings of these sayings, they usually can’t be ...

Chinese Animal Idiom cards remind us that we can fly free, yes, and we should, but we eventually need somewhere to land. The cards come in a two-tiered black box, with instructions for divination on ...

The Hong Kong Post issued a special set of stamps featuring Chinese idioms and their stories yesterday in a step to promote traditional culture in the cosmopolis and cement its cultural roots with the ...

A primary school student writes Chinese characters at an audition for Dictation Assembly of Chinese Characters in Zhengzhou, Henan province, in April. Zhang Tao / for China Daily The popularity of TV ...

There are plenty of Chinese idioms with references to the dog. In many of these canine-associated idioms, the Chinese do not seem to have good or kind words for dogs. In fact, “the dog” is victimised ...

The humanistic connotation carried by idioms is very rich and profound. A large number of idioms come from traditional classics, expressing the Chinese values of whether human relations are good or ...

College professors picked "gyeonlimangui" (見利忘義), a four-character Chinese idiom meaning "virtue was forgotten for gain," as the expression that best describes Korean society in 2023. According to a ...

Everyone and their grandmother in China had an idea of what 刻不容缓 (a Chinese idiom that means 'brook no delay') signifies. That is, until copywriters came along and played around with characters for ...

A city in northern China has abandoned its attempt to rename dozens of streets after famous Chinese idioms linked to the city’s ancient past, after admitting that even locals found the phrases ...