成语 - chéng yǔ - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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成語 (成语)

idiom
proverb
Chinese set expression (often made up of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each, often alluding to a story or historical quotation)
saying
adage
set expression

idiom that quotes a classic story

game where the last word of one idiom 成語 is the first of the next

composite context

assembled phonology

loan idiom

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