成語 [ㄔㄥˊ ㄩˇ; cheng2 yu3]
Chinese set expression, often made up of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
idiom
proverb
saying
adage
set expression
classifier: 條[ㄊㄧㄠˊ; tiao2],本[ㄅㄣˇ; ben3],句[ㄐㄩˋ; ju4]
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成語
せいご
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
set phrase
idiomatic expression
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