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学习中国成语,体验东方智慧
Idioms and cartoons共55篇,其目的是让国际人士及海外华青,透过本书学习中国成语,进一步了解中国式思维,作为体验中华文化的开始。
中国成语是千年智慧的结晶,区区数字,好记、好用,往往在面对一个事件的态度及处理方式上,彷彿受到长者的指导和启发。学习中国成语,无形中吸收了智慧,对于确定处理的方向和策略都大有益助。
中国成语不下上百上千则,笔者仅选少数常用的几十则,用当今时事作为例子,来说明这几十则成语的含义,本书所运用政治事件不一定能百分之百地诠释该则成语,但读者除了借此学习成语之外,更可从政治漫画中获得会心一笑,寓教于乐而较易领会。当然对政治立场不同的人士,必须先说声抱歉,笔者绝对没有恶意,同时更必须向被引用到的国家领袖们先打个招唿,谢谢各位对中华文化分享全球民众作出的牺牲和贡献。
读者可能是青年朋友,亦可能是高官大贾,期望您看过本书后,学习用四个中文字,向华人朋友表达您的想法,相信一定会让听者惊讶,赢得对方友谊。
现在,学习开始了,请看第一则。
Foreword
There are 54 idioms and cartoons. The aim is to enable foreign and overseas Chinese people to understand Chinese idioms and Chinese thinking, which can be regarded as the beginning of understanding Chinese culture. Chinese idioms are the crystallization of a thousand years of knowledge and wisdom. Only a few characters which are easy to remember and use. These characters often seem to be guided and inspired by the elderly in their attitude when handling daily issues. Learning Chinese idioms is a imperceptible process of absorbing knowledge and wisdom, which is helpful in setting direction and strategy for daily life, and can make the average people more mature and wiser.
There are more than thousands of idioms in China. The author chooses only a few dozens commonly used of them and takes current events as examples to illustrate the meaning of these idioms. Using political events might not clear enough to interpret the idiom, but in addition to learning idioms, readers can also get a smile from political cartoons, learning while entertaining, and it will be easier to understand. Of course, I need to apologize to people with different political opinions, there is absolutely no malice, but also greetings should go to leaders of the country that quoted. Thanks go to people’s the sacrifices and contributions for sharing the Chinese culture to the world.
The reader may be a young friend or a high ranking officer or a businessman. After reading this book, I hope you will learn to express your thoughts in Chinese idioms to your Chinese friends. I believe this will surprise the listener and gain the friendship.
Now, the study begins, please look at the first one.