THE IMAGE OF A MAN AND WOMAN ON THE EXAMPLE OF RUSSIAN AND CHINESE LINGUOCULTURAL SYSTEMS (BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS)

Abstract

The article discusses images of men and women in Russian and Chinese cultures based on the analysis of phraseological units. The researchers describe features of Russian phraseological speech: it is mainly characterized by a fairly limited number of idioms that indicate a pronounced positive assessment in relation to male behavior, a positive perception of a woman, but at the same time a large number of different gender stereotypes. The Chinese language is characterized by images of active, serious men, and at the same time passive, impulsive, irrational women, and, as in Russian, a large number of gender stereotypes. The authors believe that phraseological units express peculiarities of the national mentality.