The headlines I heard in recent days are all idioms, such as: looking at plums to quench my thirst, painting cakes to satisfy my hunger, and worrying about my salary. ...
Seeing the title, I asked myself, do idioms all come from stories? What's the difference between idioms and four-character words? We have to find out.
(information from network)
Idiom: fixed phrases are formed by long-term use and tempering in language, which fully embodies the profoundness of Chinese. It is a language unit larger than a word, and its grammatical function is equivalent to a word. Idioms are fixed phrases or sentences expressing general concepts, which are mostly composed of four words.
Features: ① The structure is relatively stereotyped. (2) the integrity of meaning. ③ Habituality of time and space. ④ Historicity of formation. ⑤ Nationality of content and form.
Seeing the place, I want to say that every idiom should be able to tell a story!
Four-character words: a kind of phrases in words, words are common forms of words and languages; Four-character case is a word composed of morphemes, which has no fixed formal requirements and various formats. In the process of use, it can be replaced according to different needs; Words and expressions are often literal and can be used alone, and the meaning of the whole expression is not further summarized.
According to the search data:
Idiom is a characteristic qualitative word in Chinese. General idioms are composed of fixed words of general concepts, which have fixed structural forms and fixed structural statements and cannot be changed at will; Idioms are not limited to four words, such as "yue longmen the Carp" and "Only state officials can set fires, and people are not allowed to light lamps".