Mao (pronounced máo) is a first-class word (commonly used word) in the General Specification for Chinese Characters. This word first appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The original meaning refers to the hair on people and animals. The extended meaning is subtle and subtle.
"Mao" is a hieroglyph. The word "Mao" first appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and in the Qin Dynasty, the word "Mao" became a hair-like shape. The word "Mao" is a single structure, and its shape is like crooked hair, so the original meaning of Mao refers to the hair on people and animals. Because hair is a very small thing, the word "hair" has a subtle and subtle meaning.
Introduction to idioms
Idioms are stereotypes in Chinese vocabulary. Idioms, everyone says they have become words, and so do idioms. Idioms are mostly four-character, and some are three-character, five-character or even more than seven-character. Idioms are a bright pearl in China culture.
Idiom is a major feature of traditional culture in China, which has a fixed structure and a fixed sentence, indicating a certain meaning. It is applied to a sentence as a whole, with subject, object, attribute and other components. A large part of idioms are passed down from ancient times and represent a story or allusion. Some idioms are just a miniature sentence. Idiom is a ready-made word, similar to idioms and proverbs, but slightly different.
Fixed phrases comes from ancient classics or works, historical stories and people's oral stories. It is a unique and long-used fixed phrases in ancient Chinese vocabulary. The meaning of idioms is incisive, often implied in literal meaning, rather than simply adding up the meanings of their components. Its structure is tight, and it is generally impossible to change the word order, extract or increase or decrease its components at will.
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