The diction of The History of the Three Kingdoms is more concise and graceful in literature except for more attractive in the idioms. There are totally 392 idioms in this book (except Peisong's notes) and those idioms have far-reaching effects on the enriching and developing words and phrases. The way those idioms derived from and its grammar structure also presents the feature of diversification. In a word, the study of the idioms in The History of the Three Kingdoms can help us understand this masterpiece fully and deeply.
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