The animal image analysis in Chinese and English idioms 英语毕业论文.doc

The animal image analysis in Chinese and English idioms Abstract:Idioms have strong national colors and distinctive cultural connotation.An idiom is a phrase which is an established and fixed part of a particular language.Idioms are the essence of language,they bear the cultural characteristics and cultural information of a nation.English and Chinese idioms,as two languagesgems,showed significant comparision, analysis and explored the difference between English idioms and Chinese idioms.Culture differences have great influence on idiom formation.The animal image analysis is a necessary part for Chinese and English culture comparative study. Key words:culture differences; English and Chinese idioms; animal image ; background analysis The common introduction on Chinese and English idioms Introduction The western culture started late compared with the Orient. Although between their internal, such as, Southern and Northern Europe, Western Europe and Eastern Europe, there are also differences. However the differences between Eastern and Western cultures embody the essence of the difference. Animals in human life play a variety of roles and also play a very important role which giving more warning and comfort in spiritual life of humans. Animals have different symbolic meaning in different culture background. Symbolic meaning is a direct product of human society. As Carl Jung said “Symbolism refers to the number of terms names and symbols. Not only contains textual meaning, cultural connotations, and even some we do not know the meaning of the origin... ...” This thesis focused on analysis the different meaning of fiction and reality animals in China and Western world. . ﹑ animal; symbolic significance; Chinese culture; Western culture; culture difference Language, which is often referred to as the carrier and container of culture, to a large extent, reflects the social life of different people. People use language to store and transmit their exp