A mother’s interesting creation―an idiom story collection not to be missed

Idioms， like a sea pearl， having experienced numerous revisions and are well known by the public.

Idiom books， like the lush grass on the plain， growing year after year， here and there.

Then where is the necessity of publishing this idiom book？

Any what’s the difference between this one and the others？

The reason for it comes early. Several years before， I rummaged through the idiom story books on the market， trying to select some reading materials for my son， but found they were almost in the same kind of conventional writing style and binding of poor quality. I got quite reconciled， and finally unbearable， and then decided to write my own book - Cool Chinese Idioms.

Reason one for choosing this book it is so fun！

This can be seen from the titles of the stories：

Shut one’s door and reflect on one’s misdeeds - The rude of inflicting an injury on Han Shuji to win the confidence tortured to the win the confidence of the enemy.

Tremble with fear - An idiom from decapitating.

Stand like a log - How to be the first of the Cock.

Overwhelming popularity of a New York causing shortage of printing paper - The history of the first successful hype of the Chinese publishing.

They are lighthearted， interesting but not bad-taste spoof， which evokes the readers to smile or laugh while reading it.

Reason two for choosing this book it includes more details！

The aim of writing this book is never just to amuse the readers with simple stories but trying to include more details about each story.

When I was a young child， I also loved listening to my nom telling stories， and I just kept asking what happened next as the stories didn’t tell much enough to me. And now when I read the present idiom stories， I found they haven’t changed much and there’s still a question on my mind： what happened next？

Cao Chong weighed the elephant when he was only five years old and demonstrated his extraordinary talent， but what happened to him after？

Kong Rong modestly declined the bigger pear for his brother and showed good morals when he was only four years old， but what happened to him after？

Then I took those questions and began my exploration in idioms.

And then I learned that Cao Chong died of sickness at 13.

Kong Rong became opposed to the conventions and feudal filial piety when he grew up.

And also I gradually knew that “motionless as a wooden chicken” （dāi ruò mù jī） that means “be dumbstruck” was originally used to compliment a master， “to swagger through the streets” （zhāo yáo guò shì） that means “show off” is a "scandal story" about Confucius， and the hero of “dripping water can wear away rock” （shuī dī shí chuān） that means “little strokes fell great oaks” was "the father of world banknotes" ... idioms then have become never a combination of four simple characters with dull literal explanations - there are leaves and roots stretching out form them， which have connected the five thousand years of China.

So here in this book， idioms return to the original stories which are told with humorous and fluent language， and the protagonists of the idioms become vivid in historical stories. The book also introduces a creation of "idiom identity card" design， which leads to expansions of idioms and helps the readers to know more about them. However， the most important aim of this book is to motivate the readers’ heart for knowledge gaining， and after reading this book， they could bring up the habit of asking why towards more things that they’ll experience in life.

This is all about the book Cool Chinese Idioms， a fine combination of "humor" and "knowledge" and a book that you have never read before. Do not miss it！