Based on an intensive fieldwork in a southern Hebei village in northern China (1992/3), the author takes an institutional approach and focuses on the way deliberate Chinese state policies driven by new economic and social agendas since the late 1970s have impacted on marriage, family relations and consequently on the way fertility trends have been adversely affected; the study is also very much concerned with the human dimension and the way in which such social and economic changes are perceived and applied in a rural community. The research presented in this study goes a long way to...

This is a learner's tool presenting the 500 most commonly used Chinese idioms. With a practical bias, this dictionary will present: the idiom in both simplified & traditional characters, the idiom in pinyin romanisation, a literal English translation & English equivalents, two suitable example sentences, plus explanations & usage notes.