常州方言四字格俗成语释例

An Annotated Exemplification of the Four-character Folk Idioms in Changzhou Dialect

所谓"俗成语"是相对于"雅成语"而言的。方言俗成语是在一定方言区使用的,具有固定结构,整体语义的短语。方言中的俗成语主要来源于民间,而且大多是由方言区人民口口相传而得,因此,幽默俏皮,口语色彩浓郁。本文对常州方言中的部分四字格俗成语,进行初步的介绍和解释。

The so-called＂folk idioms＂are in contrast with＂established idioms＂, or idioms generally acknowledged and collected in dictionaries of idioms. Folk idioms in dialects are those phrases popular in certain dialect regions, each with a fixed structure as a semantic unit. Folk idioms in dialects mainly come from the common people, and most of them are handed down from those in the same dialect regions by word of mouth. Therefore, they are generally humorous and nifty, and in a colloquial style. This paper offers an initial introduction to and interpretation of the four-character folk idioms that prevail in Changzhou dialect.