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Xiehouyu are a type of
Chinese proverb consisting of a
former segment that
presents a
novel scenario, and a
latter provides the
rationale thereof. One...
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collocations (惯用语; 慣用語; guànyòngyǔ), two-part
allegorical sayings called xiehouyu, and
proverbs (谚语; 諺語; yànyǔ).
While not the only
idioms in Chinese, and...
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vulgar words), a
euphemism or
xiehouyu, a kind of
Chinese "proverb", is
sometimes used. As in a
normal xiehouyu, it
consists of two elements: the...
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Western cultures. The
majority are
distinct from high
literary forms such as
xiehouyu and chengyu, and are
common sayings of
usually anonymous authorship, originating...
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similar to anapodoton,
called xiehouyu ("a
saying with the
latter part suspended"), is a folk tradition. One
xiehouyu of
similar meaning to "birds of...
- together") Look up
anapodoton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Aposiopesis Xiehouyu Stephen Wayne Whitworth (1997). The Name of the Ancients:
humanist homoerotics...
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Northern Wu
Mandarin Literary and
colloquial readings Grammar Numerals classifiers Honorifics Cantonese grammar classical grammar Idioms Chengyu Xiehouyu...
- constellations, the
cyclical nature of time, and the five elements.
There are two
xiehouyu about him:
Grand Duke
Jiang fishes –
those who are
willing jump at the...
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Northern Wu
Mandarin Literary and
colloquial readings Grammar Numerals classifiers Honorifics Cantonese grammar classical grammar Idioms Chengyu Xiehouyu...
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Northern Wu
Mandarin Literary and
colloquial readings Grammar Numerals classifiers Honorifics Cantonese grammar classical grammar Idioms Chengyu Xiehouyu...
