Popular Chinese Expressions

ISBN: 9787802001008 ISBN10: 7802001005.
Written by: Li Jiegun.
Softcover, 351 pp.
The expressions in this book and CD set center around face, one of the most important cultural phenomenon in China. The book is divided into four parts: saving your own face, giving other people face, failing to retain your own face, and denying other people face. Each phrase is analyzed from two angles: language sequences and language contexts. The content of the book includes phrases, conversations, contexts, ancient language usages, and similar phrases.