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This paper explores the structural characteristics of idioms with “如(Ru)”, focuses on the similarities and differences between the format “1+Ru+2” and “2+Ru+1”, and summarizes the selection restriction and metaphorical mapping between tenor and vehicle, through the analysis of word “Ru” in different position. This study shows that although the word “Ru” is in the idiom of the four kinds of positions, among which the number of the third positions is the largest. The “Ru” idioms have different mapping regularities, that is, the tenor is not the abstract and unfamiliar things, but the choice of human body, the body parts. The concept of the five elements such as “gold, wood, water, fire, earth” usually is selected as sources in the format “2+Ru+1”,as well as the living things familiar with the ancient ancestors as a metaphor.
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Wang, Z., Wang, L., Yu, S. (2016). A Metaphorical and Cognitive Study on Idioms with “Ru”. In: Dong, M., Lin, J., Tang, X. (eds) Chinese Lexical Semantics. CLSW 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10085. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49508-8_50
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