What do numbers mean? What is an idiom?

There are many idioms related to numbers. Do these figures mean anything?

These numbers are usually closely related to the nouns that follow them and are used to indicate a specific thing or a broad category.

1, indicating human organs and emotions, such as five senses, five zang-organs, six fu-organs, seven orifices and worldly desires. "The five internal organs and six internal organs" is the most representative example. This idiom is short and pithy. These four words include the five internal organs "heart, lung, spleen, liver and kidney" and the six internal organs "gallbladder, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, bladder and triple energizer". It is also the general name of human organs, and is sometimes used to describe the internal situation of things. The "seven orifices" are actually the holes of four organs, namely, eyes, ears, nose and mouth. Related idioms such as "I don't know anything" prove that my mind is not connected, which is used to show that I don't know anything. Similar examples are "single-minded", "secular desire", "five big and three thick", "six gods without a master" and "full of enthusiasm"

4. Many large figures are general statements, not specific quantities. "Chiyo" refers to generations, which is used to indicate a long time; The numbers in "Hundred Flowers Bloom" and "Colorful" refer to all kinds of flowers blooming together. Similar examples include "A Hundred Schools of Thought Contend", "The Same" and "Invincible".

What are the idioms with numbers? What do they mean?

Single-minded, metaphorical concentration.

Half-hearted, metaphorically speaking, without heart.

Forgetting things is a metaphor for carelessness

Look at the numbers and guess the meaning of idioms.

How are you?

[Definition] I would rather be a small and clean chicken mouth than a big and smelly cow. It is better to be independent in a small situation than to be controlled by others in a big situation.

What does "numeral idiom" mean?

Use when it means true and unchangeable (one is one, the other is two)

It means to do things without thinking, and use them when you are done.

Used when two people share something equally (2 1 plus 5)

Used to indicate that someone is doing things quickly (three times five divided by two)

It means about the same time (near ten o'clock)

Used to indicate that someone is planning something.

In the final analysis, it is (99 ratio 1)

When it comes to grasping the big ones (nine times out of ten)

It means that it is not easy to use when it is not easy.

Used to show confidence (as sure as a gun)

Use when the distance is far away (108,000 Li)

Single-minded, divided into two, no three no four (half-hearted), in all directions, extending in all directions, colorful (colorful), distracted, scattered (up and down), varied, nearly as bad as two, nine Niu Yi hairs, a narrow escape, the strength of the skylight.

(2) Perfection (urgency), letting a hundred flowers blossom (a hundred schools of thought contend), hordes of troops (once in a blue moon) and colorful (Qianshan).

One eye and ten lines, the difference of one thought, one word, one word, one teacher, is quite critical, have a good trip, kill two birds with one stone, one heart, three long and two short, extending in all directions, colorful and colorful.

The grain harvest is seven times higher and eight times lower. Niu Yi's hair is flawless and seamless. Thousands of people live forever, and thousands of people are dismembered.

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2. Some idioms mean "many", and some idioms contain "three, five, one hundred, one thousand, one million", such as one after another, three transgressions and five times, three orders and five applications, a narrow escape, a hundred attempts to turn steel, full of holes, one thousand ways, thousands of times, and thousands of years.

3. Some idioms mean "less", and some idioms with "one" are the most representative, such as the slightest point, nothing, bit by bit, overnight, a stitch and a thread, a little knowledge, a fragment, twos and threes, a few words, nine Niu Yi hairs and so on.

4. Some idioms mean "miscellaneous", and some idioms with "seven or eight" are the most representative, such as scattered, scattered, chaotic, too many cooks, jumbled, jumbled, 30% off, varied, colorful and complicated.

5. Some people emphasize that if they are the same, they are exactly the same, unique, loud, completely clean, make a clean break, plummet, five big and three thick, and 99 is unity, certainty, perfection, victory, truth, foolproof, and so on.

6. Some idioms obviously contain derogatory meanings, and most of them contain "three, four", such as gossiping, three, four, commanding, forgetting three, changing three into four, pushing three and pushing four, overturning three and bullying four, and adjusting three nests and four. The numbers in these idioms all mean something like "right or wrong" or "this way, that way".

Judging from the grammatical structure of these idioms, the numbers can act as various components:

1. as the subject, such as: once and for all, what you said is very foolproof;

2. As a predicate, such as: words and deeds are different, the weather is myriad, and everyone has a hundred;

3. As an object, such as: draw inferences from others, draw inferences from others, and know a little;

4. Attributive, such as: exquisite in all directions, a hundred schools of thought contend, and Vientiane is updated;

5. Adverbials, such as: frank, irreconcilable, think twice;

6. Make up a supplement, such as: low, low, three, four, push three gears and four, half a hundred miles.

In addition, the numbers in idioms have certain rhetorical functions, and they can form various figures of speech. For example: 1. Copy; Crossing the street to open people; 2. exaggeration: three points into the wood, mouth watering; 3. austerity: three aunts, six women, three cardinal guides and five permanent members; 4. foil: a close call, profitable; 5. Mosaic: stable and clean; 8. Overlap: 3322, Qian Qian unique; 6. the truth; Time and time again, people are connected with each other, and heart and reason are connected; 7. Same language: everything has its vanquisher, one is one and the other is two; Wait a minute.

What number idioms are there?

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What are numeral idioms?

Numeric idioms:

Perfect,

Half-hearted,

Up and down,

Single-minded,

Fall apart,

All over the country,

A narrow escape,

99 ratio 1,

Nine Niu Yi hairs,

All kinds,

Rich and colorful,

All six vital organs have lost their functions ― they are at a loss/numb.

Guess what is the number idiom?

0000 (everything is empty) 0+0=0 (none) 0+0= 1 (none) 1* 1= 1 (unchanged) 1 to the nth power (consistent)/kloc-

What is the practical meaning of numbers in idioms?

Idioms are treasures in the vast forest of Chinese vocabulary. In the long historical process, it not only formed its own fixed structure, but also precipitated the social and cultural traditions of the Han nationality, showing its profound value in an implicit way. Some linguists believe that the role of idioms in sentences is equivalent to a word, which is the result of grammatical examination. From the point of view of meaning, the semantic capacity of idioms is much richer than that of words. As we all know, there are more than 400 idioms containing numerals in Chinese, ranging from one to ten, a hundred, a thousand and ten thousand, among which the number of idioms containing one, three, ten, a hundred and ten thousand is the largest, with dozens or even hundreds in each category. Many numerals in idioms often don't mean a number. In many cases, we need to study them from the perspective of rhetoric in order to reveal their original features and interpret idioms smoothly.

First of all, the basis of digital rhetoric is the symbolic meaning brought by the metaphysics and fuzziness of numbers.

In other words, numbers blur the original meaning of quantity and retain a symbolic meaning.

According to historical records, numbers appeared very early in ancient China. As early as Yangshao culture in primitive society, there were symbols to describe numbers. The numbers in Oracle Bone Inscriptions are quite complete, ranging from one to ten, with decimal system, including ten, hundred, thousand and ten thousand. Needham spoke highly of the notation of the Shang Dynasty in the history of science and technology in China: "Generally speaking, the number system of the Shang Dynasty is more advanced and scientific than that of ancient Babylon, ancient Egypt and its contemporaries."

The basic function of numbers is to calculate and express the quantitative relationship of things. However, in the traditional historical and cultural background of China, in the long-term use process, Chinese numerals have mysterious meanings in addition to expressing quantitative functions, and become "mysterious numbers", and some have different meanings in specific language environments.

Due to the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, the ancients divided the numbers within ten into two series, with odd number-13579 being positive and even number -2468 being negative. These two different series are attached with different colors. For example, the metaphysics of 1359:

(a) the symbol of "one". The founder of Taoism, one of the three major religions in ancient China, and a thinker in the pre-Qin period, Laozi put forward the core of his ideological system in Chapter 42 of Laozi: "Taoism gives birth to one, two and three students." The "one" here is the generalization of "you" and the beginning of "you". Start from scratch, everything from the beginning. China Taoist classics "Old Xiangzi" and "Jules" interpret "Lao Zi Tao Te Ching" with Taoist thoughts. Taking Tao as the highest belief, it is declared that Tao is the highest god with will and personality. Tao is one. The proposition of unity of opposites in the history of China's ancient philosophy. One is unity, and the other is separability of unity. Zhu believes that "dividing into two makes it endless". Wang Fuzhi further elaborated the relationship between one and two, and affirmed that "dividing into two" is the basis of "combining into one". Therefore, taking "one" as the source of all things has the connotation of beginning and existence. And from this, the same, a little and other meanings are derived. Reflected in the idiom system, there are about 240 idioms containing the numeral "one", which is the largest number of numeral idioms. It can be seen that blindly, blindly, blindly, blindly, blindly, blindly, blindly, blindly, blindly, blindly. Every spot and leaf is a symbol of the existence of things. Existence is one, one has two, and everything else is there. But the length is different, the words and deeds are different, the heart is consistent, consistent, equal, unable to reach an agreement, United as one, identical in appearance, arrogant, eclectic, unique, reflecting the same, identical and unique meaning; One in a hundred, and so on, ignorant, penniless, nine Niu Yi hairs, a word teacher, a drop in the ocean, a thousand-mile levee destroyed by a hole, a flash in the pan, a thousand days to find soldiers, an inch of time and an inch of gold, one of them, one, one, one, one.

(2) the symbol of "three". It comes from the sun, moon and stars. Human beings have a great dependence on nature in the early days. Wherever they go, the sun, moon and stars are always with them, despite the ever-changing nature, so there is a kind of worship psychology. From this, it is inferred that there are three times in meteorology-spring, summer and autumn, three rivers in nature, three objects in the universe-heaven and earth, three generations in the world-past lives and afterlife, Huang San as the king and three rituals for sacrifice. Therefore, Lao Tzu said, "Tao gives birth to one, life gives birth to two, life gives birth to three, and life gives birth to everything." "White Hu Yitong. "Feng Gong Hou" said that the king set up "three public officials, nine public officials, twenty-seven doctors and eighty-one scholars to follow the heaven." Nine, twenty-seven and eighty-one are all multiples of three. Since it is a "Sansheng" dynasty, it is natural to take three as the law. "Three" is not only a symbol of change, but also a symbol of abundance. For example, three points into the wood, three heads and six arms, think twice before you act, three six nine and so on. Three orders and five applications, three visits to the cottage, three transgressions and five times, three days of fishing, two days of drying nets, three holes of cunning rabbits, three days of circling the beam, three chapters of rules, three times of not entering the door. Among them, the number does not represent three times, three days, three times, three times and so on. , but a symbol of the concept of "more".

(3) The symbol of "Five". It is closely related to the theory of five elements, which may be the result of ancient people observing the operation of stars. They think that there are five stars in the sky, namely gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and propose that there are five kinds of substances on the ground. Five aspects-east, west, south, north and middle-have five senses and five internal organs, and the five flavors of diet gradually form the worship of "five", and the symbol of "five" is all-encompassing. For example: varied, colorful, colorful, five strains and seven injuries, colorful and complete. Its meaning is all the expressions, colors, injuries and internal organs symbolized in the rhetorical sense.

④ The symbol of "Nine". Related to the ancient totem worship, the Chiyou tribe has always been known for its tenacity and good fighting skills, and its totem is the nine-headed dragon. It is said that this is a symbol of strength, ferocity and prosperity. Therefore, people use it as a metaphor for powerful tribes, and gradually "Nine" has become a symbol, tall, huge and numerous. For example, Outside the Cloud Nine, Nine Hairs of Niu Yi, Under the Jiuquan and The Power of the Sky. Nor can it be understood as nine days and nine cows in the lexical sense, but as high and many in the rhetorical sense.

(5) symbols such as "ten", "hundred", "thousand" and "ten thousand". "Han Shu Fa Ji" Confucius said that "ten things are the best of trees", which means perfection and even perfection. Such as: rest assured, heinous, ten times the price, lofty sentiments, better than studying for ten years. Among them, "ten take" means complete coverage; "Ten evils" all the evils that reach the extreme; "Ten times" and "full" symbolize that the sound price and air have reached the extreme. All have the meaning of complete and complete perfection.

Since "Ten" has reached the extreme and is a symbol of perfection and completeness, its multiples and multiples naturally have the symbols of "many", "extreme" and "all-inclusive".

"Hundred Schools" and "Bai Wen Supplement" explain: "A hundred schools, ten schools also." Is a multiple of ten, which means more. Perseverance, invincible, obedient, bored, all industries decline, puzzling, puzzling, puzzling, puzzling, puzzling, riddled with holes.

"Thousand", "Shuowen" explains: "Thousands, hundreds." Therefore, it contains many meanings, such as: daughter's smile, various postures, once in a blue moon, a thousand words, Qian Shan, thousands of people refer to it.

Wan, Jade Piece. Fang Bu explains "ten thousand, ten thousand." So, just like multiples of "100" and "1000", every word with 10,000 words has many symbols of its meaning. Vientiane is renewed and everything is revived. You will never hesitate to die. You will live a long life, everything will be fine, you will have a satisfactory solution, you will lose all hope, you will be in harmony, you will be in Ma Benteng, the Great Wall of Wan Li, you will be forever, you will be foolproof, you will be foolproof, you will be colorful, and you will leave your religion forever.

Second, the specific expression of rhetorical methods

Mosaic effect

"Escape" is only because of the homonym of "escape" and "peach", and the homonym of "blooming peach" is regarded as "escape", while "escape" only plays the role of changing two-syllable words into four syllables in pronunciation. This rhetorical device is designed to make the discourse expression more soothing or solemn, and deliberately adds a few irrelevant words to the original structure to set off. These numbers themselves have lost their practical significance, but they show a symmetry and neatness in syllables. For example: clean (clean), one wrong and two wrong (wrong), extending in all directions (accessible), stable (stable), fragmented (split), gossiping (talking), fragmented (piecing together), obedient (obedient), strange (strange as shown in brackets, the numbers can be completely removed, and the remaining words still completely retain their original meanings.

metonymy

Substituting a concrete thing for another thing or a concept related to it can highlight the essence of things and make the expression more concise and vivid. For example, being at home in the four seas, being at peace in the four seas, being besieged on all sides, not caring about four bodies, not caring about whole grains, disowning no one's relatives, and feeling refreshed as soon as I get to Sanqiu. Among them, the four seas, four directions and four directions refer to all places in the world, the whole grain generation refers to all food crops, the six relatives refer to all relatives, and Sanqiu refers to three years. Here, the metonymy method of partial generation is adopted; Don't go into the house for three times, walk around the beam for three days, think twice, chew one's tongue, three-inch tongue, four-body laziness, regardless of grain, ten-year cold window, a needle and a thread, "three" means more, "mouth" and "three-inch tongue" mean talking, four-body tongue means body, and "ten-year cold window" means studying hard and living under the cold window. What is adopted here is the metonymy method of concrete generation abstraction and place generation ontology.

(C) Metaphor

Just like "cross the rubicon" can not be literally understood as cross the rubicon, it is compared to a determination. Some concrete numbers themselves do not reflect the meaning of quantity, but only assume the role of metaphor, in order to make the truth simple, concrete and intuitive. For example, a piece of clothing replaces water-the narrow water flow is like a belt, which means that it is very close; A pool of stagnant water-used to vividly describe a dull situation; A glimpse-seeing a point is a metaphor for one aspect of things; Ten fingers connected to one heart-ten fingers connected to one heart, which means close relationship and deep feelings; Ten years of trees, a hundred years of people-ten years of people, a hundred years of people. Metaphorically speaking, it takes more time, experience and patience to cultivate people; An inch of time and an inch of gold-draw an equal sign between gold, which is recognized as the most precious, and "time" to symbolize the preciousness of time; Ten steps and nine turns back-ten steps and nine turns back, vividly reappearing the reluctant mood; Loose sand-sand that can't stick together represents scattered strength and disunity; Kill two birds with one stone-kill two birds with one stone, indicating that things are very effective; A flash in the pan-a flash in the pan is used to describe that something doesn't last long, or that others miss it or feel sorry for it. A leaf can't see Mount Tai-a leaf can't even see the tall Mount Tai, which is a metaphor for being blinded by trivial matters and not seeing the whole picture and essence.

(D) the role of exaggeration

The meaning of numbers is to exaggerate or reduce something or a concept and render it artistically, thus revealing the essence of things vividly and enhancing the appeal of language. It embodies exaggerated meaning, not specific numerical meaning. Appears in the figures of 30, 10, 100, 1000, 10000, which are mostly exaggerated, such as: salivating, three people make a tiger, urgency, perfection, ten times the price, perseverance, winning every battle. It's true, once in a blue moon, a thousand words, thousands of people pointing out, thousands of troops, thousands of households, thanks in every way, myriad weather, Vientiane renewal, everything recovery, tireless death, endless life, everything is fine, all-round solution, despair, thousands of chariots and horses, Ma Benteng, evergreen, as a last resort. There is also exaggeration, also called narrowing: a close call, a short time, a thousand miles of levee was destroyed, out of nothing, a drop in the ocean. Among them, "one hair" carries the crisis of "thousand averages" to render the situation; Using the loophole of "a basket of soil" and "an ant nest" to render the smallest problem will lead to great disaster; Use "a hair on your head" to illustrate the degree of meanness; Use a "millet" in the vast sea to vividly express a tiny weight.

(5) Contrast effect

Compare the two groups of specific figures. Generally speaking, it is produced by putting together ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand numbers representing more and one number representing less. "Yun Zheyue" sets off a distinct effect and gives people a deep feeling. For example, a sudden attack of ten cold, a close call, foolproof, United as one, knowing one thing and ten things, making an example, exposing ten cold, leaking ten thousand, a thousand troops are easy to get, generals are hard to find, it is better to see one in a hundred, one in a hundred, a narrow escape, nine Niu Yi Mao, one thousand dollars, advocating hundred peace and training troops for a thousand days. Contrast and contrast the two groups of disparate figures, such as "a thousand troops" to "one general" fully shows the value of "general", "training for a thousand days" emphasizes the key role of temporary use of troops, and "nine cows" to "one hair" vividly shows the tiny proportion of "hair".

Third, the effect of rhetoric

Idioms are concise, symmetrical and elegant in form, and implicit, vivid and profound in content. These are closely related to the use of rhetoric. After the words "San", "Qi" and "Mei" are inlaid with rhetoric, they are displayed as "San", "Qi" and "Mei", and the syllables are soothing and symmetrical, reflecting the beauty of elegance. The subject-predicate structure, which consists of the words "fall short", uses exaggerated methods to illustrate the true meaning of social progress and human development: that is, don't give up the last point, otherwise all previous efforts will be in vain. The essence of "critical" can be seen from a phenomenon, that is, seeing the essence through the phenomenon has profound philosophical connotation, so it is vividly compared by the idiom "a leaf falls in autumn" An inch of time and an inch of gold vividly expresses the preciousness of time through comparison. "A levee of a thousand miles is destroyed by a hole", which is a sharp contrast to the truth of "preventing micro-duration". "A drop in the ocean" implicitly contrasts the disparity in strength between the two sides. It is precisely because of the use of metonymy in Three Men Become a Tiger that the truth of "awesome words" and "many people win gold" is clear at a glance.

This paper analyzes the specific situation of rhetoric in Chinese idioms from three aspects: the basis, methods and effects of rhetoric, aiming at exploring the application of idioms, a language form with a long history. We believe that in the long-term use process, idioms have formed a fixed formal structure model and a fixed rhetorical style, achieving the effect of implication. If we understand the lexical meaning in grammar from the surface of language, then the numerals in idioms should be understood not only from the grammatical level of words, but also from the rhetorical point of view. Rhetoric may turn a blind eye to lexical meaning at the grammatical level, and sometimes it will go beyond the "thunder pool" of grammar; If you don't want to explain, you will only make jokes. As for idioms, the cultural heritage of the Chinese nation, we must treat them well and conduct in-depth and comprehensive research from the aspects of historical tradition, cultural tradition, language content and language form, so as to master and use them more scientifically.

What is the meaning of idioms with numbers?

1 is scattered and disorganized. The same as "four points and five falls".

Five feet vertically refers to underage children. The ancient ruler is short, so it is called.

Three strains and seven injuries generally refer to infirmity.

4 Five colors without owners: refers to the appearance of people's faces; Unowned: having no control.

Extend in all directions. Describe the unimpeded traffic.

6 three wits and five guesses is a metaphor for exhausting one's mind and speculating in many ways.

7 fold the waist and five fights: bend over. Five barrels: five barrels of rice. Bend down to pick up five buckets of rice. Metaphor to endure humiliation. Also known as "bending down to carry a bucket".

Five doctors: Ram. Especially in the spring and autumn period, Dr. Priscilla, whose talent was at stake.

9 Five Classics Sweeping the Floor Five Classics: Borrowing Scholars. Lose the face of a scholar.

10 Five-line parallel reading is extremely fast.

1 1 The five elements all refer to fast reading.

12 "three meats and five dislikes" generally refers to meat and fishy food.

13 Five feet refers to underage children. The ancient ruler is short, so it is called. The same as "the son of five feet".

14 five ghosts make a fool of the judge. The name of the script. In the old days, it was also used to mean that superiors were teased by people who were dissatisfied with or despised them.

15 Wuling Ying Shao refers to the children of the rich in Kyoto. Both are "Wuling teenagers".

16 I admire the metaphor of full body. With "full of enthusiasm".

17 Three-ring and Five-button describe a firm binding.

18 means three times and five times.

19 Five relatives and six relatives refer to relatives of various relationships.

20 half-hearted, half-hearted, half-hearted.

2 1 Unless the grain rises, the crops will not grow. It refers to the year of famine.

22 Five winters and six summers, regardless of the cold and heat. Whenever.

Pentecostalism means that a person is short.

24 Five feet Boy Five feet: The ancient ruler was short, so five feet refers to the height of children.

Five Emperors and Seven Princes generally refer to powerful people.

Metaphor is that five-sixths get together for many times.

27 opaque describes that the light is very dark and you can't see things around you.

Four mountains and five mountains refer to all areas in all directions.

Three sacrifices and five cauldrons are used to describe rich sacrifices. Later, I also described the food as beautiful.

30 five applications, three orders, three orders and five applications. Refers to repeated warnings.

3 1 five birds and six swallows means that the weight of both sides is similar.

Three dead bodies and five ghosts are metaphors of traitors.

A five-foot child refers to a child who is not yet an adult. The ancient ruler is short, so it is called.

34 torn, torn. Describe dispersion, disunity/unification.

Wuling teenagers refer to the children of the rich in Kyoto. Yin Xueyan is never old.

In the fog of Wuli, the metaphor is vague, trance, and ignorant of the truth.

The five elements and eight merits generally refer to all walks of life.

38 Five zang-organs burn like five zang-organs: five zang-organs; All: all; Burning: burning. All the five internal organs are on fire. Describe it as burning. Metaphor is very anxious.

Ten winds, five rains, ten days, one wind, five rains. Describe favorable weather and favorable climate.

The feudal society of "three virtues and five virtues" is used to praise women's chastity. Same as Three Truths and Nine Streets.

4 1 Five Dingwanling refers to high officials and high officials.

42, three over five, still say it.

Five lines in one eye or ten lines. Describe reading quickly.

44 salty five liters and three fingers, the emperor is widely covered, with five emperors and super three kings.

45 three soups and five cuts generally refer to cooking. It also refers to various dishes.

Five stones and six storks are used to describe accuracy or meticulous order for learning.

According to legend, the ancient rulers set up children aged three and five to respect the elderly.

48 "five big and three thick" describes people as tall, stout and burly.

49 the fifth generation of prosperity: the first generation; Its: adverb of time, call it. After v, children and grandchildren prosper. Used in the old days to wish people a wedding.

50 three dynasties and five days means three or five days.