中华歇后语大全 / Zhonghua xiehouyu daquan = Dictionary of xiehouyu parables

by Hongfeng Zheng

$200 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Changchun : Jilin Publishing Group, 2011. First edition, stab-stitched set, 4 vols, 11.25 x 7.5 ; pp. 781 total; blue printed paper covers, fine in bumped but otherwise fine clamshell case. Xiehouyu parables are two-part sayings where the second part provides context for otherwise inscrutable turns of phrase. An English example might be An apple a day, with the second half omitted but understood. Such phrases also often employ rhyming and homophones similar

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