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成语
成語
chéngyǔ
1. Chinese set expression, often made up of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
2. idiom
3. proverb
4. saying
5. adage
6. set expression
7. CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]], [[本<běn>]], [[句<jù>]]
HSK 5

Character Breakdown

成
chéng
to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
HSK 3 6 丶
语
yǔ
words, language; saying, expression
HSK 1 9 丶

Compound Words (5)

合成语境
héchéngyǔjìng
composite context
合成语音
héchéngyǔyīn
assembled phonology
外来成语
wàiláichéngyǔ
loan idiom
成语典故
chéngyǔdiǎngù
idiom that quotes a classic story
成语接龙
chéngyǔjiēlóng
game where the last word of one idiom [[成語|成语<chéngyǔ>]] is the first of the next

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Chinese