The Comparison of Chinese and English Idioms —from the Perspective of Ethics

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10.2991/emcs-15.2015.124How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Ethics; Chinese Idioms; English Idioms; Language comparison

Abstract

There are huge differences between Chinese and English people's understanding of Ethics, which is reflected in languages, especially in idioms. Chinese ethics is based on the thoughts of "Nature-Human Integration" and "Collectivism", while the English ethics is obedient to the thoughts of "Nature-Human Separation" and "Individualism". This essay compares and analyzes the reflection of Chinese and English ethics in Chinese and English idioms.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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