Hello, dear friends! In order to understand the situation of Chinese idioms all over the world and narrow down cultural gap between English and Chinese languages, would you please spare a few minutes to answer the following questions in this questionnaire carefully and authentically? We will inform you that your answers will be kept strictly confidential. Thank you very much for your support and cooperation!
Your personal information (gender and age)
Which category your major belongs to？
Economicmanagement
Art
Scienceandengineering
Literatureandlaw
Others
Do you think it is necessary to spread the charm of idioms of English and Chinese all over the world?
How long have you been learning Chinese？
Neverlearnedit
Justseveralmonths
1to2years
Morethan2years
Through which channels do you usually learn Chinese?
Books
Literaryworks
Socialmedia
Shortvideos
Do you often use English idioms in your daily life or see others use them?
Veryoften
Fairly
Notfrequently
Notawareofit
Do you have some favorite English idioms? Please list 1 to 5 idioms and explain their application situation.
Do you have some favorite Chinese idioms? Please list 1 to 5 idioms and we are very happy to see your understanding of them.
What difficulties have you encountered in understanding the meaning of idioms?
LackofcorrespondingEnglishexplanations.
Difficultyinunderstandingthemeaningofidioms.
Notbeingabletodeeplyunderstandtheculturalconnotationbehindtheidioms.
HavingChinesecharactersyoudonotknow.
If you want to know more helpful skills to learn Chinese idioms, please provide your phone number to us. (After this questionnaire, we will send some leaning tips to you and your answers will be kept strictly confidential)
What would you suggest about English idiom translation for us as a native speaker. We really appreciate it.