Edited by Zhang Changren
Hardcover: 1,130 pages
Publisher: Foreign Languages Press
(2005)
Language: English
Contents: To meet the demand for learning
Chinese abroad, A Chinese-English Dictionary of Classic and
Current Expressions has been published by Foreign Languages
Press.
The new dictionary is a masterpiece by Zhang Changren
(1911-2003), formerly a veteran scholar of the Beijing Research
Institute of Culture and History, who devoted himself to the
publication for 38 years.
The dictionary includes nearly 50,000 entries in both
traditional and simplified Chinese. It covers idiomatic
four-character phrases (chengyu), ancient couplets,
proverbs and contemporary expressions in culture, politics, economy
and art. It is also of great help for English learners in
China.
(China.org.cn October 24, 2006)
