Comparative Study Of Chinese-Thai Animals Idioms

Vocabulary,which is one of the three elements of language, is the constructional materials for language.Furthermore,idioms are the most special aspect in the system of vocabulary.Zodiac idioms in both Thai and Chinese are based on the two people’s long production and life, they are relevant to their history and culture.The research of animal idioms includes the interrelationship between humans and animals,humans and environment,so that we can deeply understand that there is intimate relation between human society and environment,so is the human language and living.Because the animals idioms are widely existed and used in Thai and Chinese,and they have complicated meaning and cultural implications,I choose the animal idioms as our researching object.By means of comparison of Thai and Chinese.we can infer the difference and similarity and reveal the cultural character and value.It can also help thai people in understanding and applying the Chinese animals idioms correctly,and giving some teaching methods.There are six parts in the thesis:The first part is the introduction,which emphasizes the present research situation and the intention,value,object and researching methods of this thesis.The second part is to Chinese-Thai animals idioms as many as possible.The third part is the constituent of the idioms in Thai and Chinese,in which we discuss the definition,character constituent,and the grammar structure and usage of the idioms in Thai and Chinese.The fourth part is the comparison of the cultural implication of idioms,which includes Chinese animal idioms about "mouse","dragon","horse"and "pig" and their culture connotation.The fifth part is about the methods in teaching the Chinese idioms, it discussed the important status of teaching idioms in teaching Chinese vocabulary to foreigners and some methods to teach idioms which include animal words.The last part is the conclusion.