A Chinese-English dictionary of enigmatic folk similes xiehouyu / 汉英歇后语词典

by John S. Rohsenow

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First edition

Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1991 . First edition, 4to, pp. xvii, 3 , 324; text in double column with Chinese, pinyin, and English definitions; teal and black cloth boards; boards a little bowed, small stamp on lower edge, near fine. Xiehouyu are similes in which the first half is spoken and the second is left unsaid. An English equivalent might be, Where there's smoke There's fire Item #65676

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