HSK 5 Unit 6: Chengyu, Four-Character Idioms
Preview version — Chinese review in progress.
Five lessons on chengyu, the four-character idioms that give Chinese its colour: how they work and when to use them, then four classic fables retold in our own simple Chinese, each with the idiom it gave to the language.
Goal: You can explain what a chengyu is, use common everyday idioms correctly, retell the stories behind 亡羊补牢, 自相矛盾, 井底之蛙 and 半途而废, and use each one about a real situation.
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Lessons
- What is a chengyu?Understand what chengyu are and how they are used, and use five common everyday idioms correctly.✓ Completed
- Mend the pen after the sheep are lost: 亡羊补牢Follow the story behind 亡羊补牢, and use it to say it's never too late to fix a problem.✓ Completed
- The spear and the shield: 自相矛盾Follow the story behind 自相矛盾, and use it to point out that someone contradicts themselves.✓ Completed
- The frog at the bottom of the well: 井底之蛙Follow the story behind 井底之蛙, and use it about someone with a narrow view of the world.✓ Completed
- Giving up halfway: 半途而废Follow the story behind 半途而废, use it about giving up halfway, and review the idioms of this unit.✓ Completed
Next: HSK 5 Unit 7: Work and the economy, where you talk about markets, companies and careers in more depth.