Chinese Idioms in Chinese: Understanding the Terms, Characters, and Categories A learner asks a Chinese teacher how to say “idiom” in Chinese, expecting one simple…
Someone learning Mandarin hears “å®ˆæ ªå¾…å…”” (shÇ’u zhÅ« dà i tù) and, after translating it word for word, ends up picturing someone guarding a tree stump while…