RUSSIAN AND CHINESE PHRASEOLOGICAL DICTIONARIES FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN: SIMILARITY AND DIFFERENCE

Abstract

The article considers structures of Russian and Chinese phraseological dictionaries for schoolchildren. A dictionary of phraseological units is a concentrated reflection and refraction of the historical accumulation and traditions of various cultures, and it is of decisive importance for the cultural heritage of the nation. Chinese and Russian phraseological units have a long history of development, and lexicographic studies corresponding to them are relatively rare. In addition, it is very important for primary and secondary school students of the two countries to inherit and develop their phraseological culture. Therefore, the importance of compiling dictionaries of phraseological units in primary and secondary school is also obvious. The research material is phraseological dictionaries most frequently used by primary and secondary school students in Russia and China: “Educational Phraseological Dictionary of the Russian Language” (A.N. Tikhonov, N.A. Kovaleva, 2014) and “Multifunctional Chengyu Dictionary For Schoolchildren”, 2018. Based on the macro- and microstructure, the researcher analyzes similarities and differences between these two phraseological dictionaries. With the help of a comparative study of phraseological dictionaries of two different languages, in order to add some value and help in compiling phraseological dictionaries for schoolchildren and Russian-Chinese phraseological dictionaries for students of Russian and Chinese.