A Chinese-English Dictionary With Cultural Background Informatio

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A Chinese-English Dictionary With Cultural Background Information

中国语言文化背景汉英双解词典

Author: Shen Shanhong

Order No. 15707

ISBN-13: 9787100019606

ISBN-10: 7100019605

Binding: Hardcover

Publisher: Commercial Press

Pub Year: 2000

Pages: 560

Language: English and Chinese

Size: 6 x 8.5

Price: $21.95

This dictionary consists of 7,500 words and compound words from many disciplines. The lexical entries are primarily everyday words, supplemented with cultural background information. Most of the lexical entries have no equivalents in English. Both ancient and contemporary words are included with emphasis on the latter. Special care has been taken to incorporate new words that occur frequently in newspapers and periodicals. All background info descriptions are provided in Chinese and English, and entries are listed by pinyin.