Description

This Chinese-English dictionary of proverbs (yanyu) consists of approximately 4,000 Chinese proverbs alphabetically arranged by the first word(s) (ci) of the proverb according to the Hanyu Pinyin transcription and Chinese characters (standard simplified), followed by a literal (and when necessary also a figurative) English translation.

About the Author
John S. Rohsenow is Professor emeritus of Linguistics and Chinese at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Museum, where he often gives tours to visitors as a docent.