Idioms Containing Four Cosmic Elements in Chinese and Thai Languages

Authors

  • Pathama Jutatipatai Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
  • Chanyaporn Chawla Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

Keywords:

idioms, 4 cosmic elements soil water wind fire

Abstract

This paper aims to provide a general analysis of and comparison between Chinese and Thai idiomatic expressions related to 4 cosmic elements: “soil”, “water”, “wind” and “fire” by using contrastive analysis theory which pairs up Chinese and Thai idiomatic expressions. The word “soil”, “water”, “wind” and “fire” can be found in many Chinese and Thai idiomatic expressions. Some of these diverse expressions are ones in which the meaning and the comparison are the same or similar to Thai idiomatic expressions; some are ones in which the meaning is the same but some of the comparison are different from Thai idiomatic expressions and some are ones in which the meaning is the same but the comparison are totally different from Thai idiomatic expressions.

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Published

2020-08-01

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Jutatipatai, P. ., & Chawla, C. . (2020). Idioms Containing Four Cosmic Elements in Chinese and Thai Languages. Journal of Sinology (วารสารจีนวิทยา), 14, 37–64. retrieved from https://so16.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JSINO/article/view/2943

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Vol. 14: August 2020

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Research Article

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