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1、CulturalDifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishIdiomsAbstract:Idiomisaspecificformoflanguageordialectofapeopleorcountry,whichcanreflectthelivingconditionsandcultures.Idiomembodiesthewisdomofthepeople,armedwithadistinctiveimage,takenastrongethniccolorandlocalcolorwhichshowingacolorfulimageoft
2、heformandculture,reflectingthevariousaspectsofanationalculture,includingdailylife,socialcustoms,floraandfauna,andsoon.Withoutidiomslanguagewouldbecomedullanddry,whereasanappropriateuseoftheminspeechandwritingwilladdmuchtovarietystrengthandvividnessofthelanguage.Thereforeidiomsarewidelyus
3、edinalmostallkindsofspeechesandwritings:theycanbefoundinliteraryworks,inscientificandpoliticalarticles;evendebatesintheUnitedNationsareofteninterspersedwithidiomswhichbecomeverbalweaponsthataredifficulttoargueagainst.Thusanadequatetranslationofidiomsisnotonlyhelpfulbutalsoessentialininte
4、rculturalcommunicationfortheimportantpositionthatidiomholdinlanguageuse,.ThispaperattemptstomakeabriefcomparativestudyoftheculturesembodiedinChineseandEnglishidiomsandexplorestheroleofthecultureinunderstandingandrenderingofbothEnglishandChineseidioms.Keywords:Idioms;culture;thetranslatio
5、nofidioms1.IntroductionIdiomsaretheessenceoflanguage,whichhavestrongnationalcolorsanddistinctiveculturalconnotation.TherearevariousidiomsbothinChineseandEnglish.Thedifferencesaresignificant.Themainreasonisthattheidiomsareculture-loaded.Languageisagreatpartofculture,andidiomsareconsidered
6、asthecreamofalanguage.Thereforecultureisfullydisplayedintheimagesandemotionsofidioms.Hence,itisnecessarytohaveacomparativestudyofEnglishandChineseidiomsfromtheperspectiveofculturalsources.WhenexploringEnglishandChineseidioms,oneshouldpayattentiontotheculturalbackgroundofidioms.Speakingof
7、culture,it’saveryextensiveconceptandverydifficulttodefineitstrictlyandaccurately,becausecultureinvolvestoomuch.Itmixsupwiththematter,socialrelations,spirit,art,landsignandcustom.Everycountryhasitsownethnicgroups,geographicallocation,religiousbeliefs,values,politicalsystem