Dictionary of 1000 Chinese Proverbs With English Equivalents (Hippocrene Bilingual Proverbs)

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Summary: Yet another book of proverbs
Review: Disappointingly banal. This book reads as if it were written by a chinese-speaking lawyer. Verdict: don't waste your money.

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Distills the poetic wisdom of the ages into a lifeless list of bland exortations.

There are books available which do preserve and present the beauty of oriental thought, but I am afraid this is not one of them.

Try the book by Guy Zona, instead.

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Summary: It is not a easy to use dictionary.
Review: This book comprises of proverbs and vernaculars. Some phrases are regional. The proverbs were organized based on their Mandarin Pin-yin pronounciation. However, for those who do not know Chinese writing or pin-yin, this book is not quite helpful if you just want to understand Chinese proverbs. However, if you know Chinese and Mandarin pin-yin, you will find this book somewhat helpful. Also, the English index helps.

As for me, who know how to read some Chinese (and do not know pin-yin), but would like to know the definitions of some proverbs, I find it difficult to look through the Chinese characters written in the back in order to find a proverb. Therefore, if the characters were typed and organized by strokes, that would be more helpful.