Title: 中國城語故事 (Zhongguo chengyu gushi ‘Stories of Chinese Sayings’)
Author: 蘇尚耀 (Su Shangyao)
Year: 中華民國六十二年七月(1973)
Publisher: 文化圖書公司 (Wenhu tushu gongsi)
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Description: Oblong stable-bound book on thick card stock. Spine on right.
Pagination: [1-10]
Contents: Illustrated children’s book with stories explaining traditional Chinese chengyu.
Chengyu (lit. ‘city speech’) are, typically, four-character expressions or sayings that serve as a marker of educated speaking. The ten chengyu illustrated in this children’s book are accompanied by a story to aid the reader in memorising the idiom and its meaning.
The book, printed in Taiwan, is written in traditional Chinese characters, and next to each character is the zhuyin fuhao (注音符號) or bopomofo ‘spelling’ of the character with tonal marker.
If you like your stories illustrated, your characters traditional, and need a little help remembering that 青梅竹馬 (qingmei zhuma ‘green plum and bamboo horse’) is purely innocent, then take a look at the terms for purchasing this book.
Condition: Worn. Wear to spine. Creasing to corners. Cover faded. But internally, a good copy.
Price: £2.50 / $4 (+s&h)
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