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Mike N

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Many of the 成语 have stories behind them (obviously there are instances of this throughout the Chinese language; a personal favorite being 矛盾), and I'm looking for a resource (web or otherwise) to learn about them. I'm aware of various online dictionaries, and while they're useful for context, meaning, etc., they don't give me the background of the 成语 (assuming there is one).

Anyone know of some good resources?

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Thanks jkhsu!

These are great links. Also, I discovered that by googling the actual chengyu instead of looking for chengyu stories or something like that I had much better results. My Google kung fu is weak tonight!

Update: Founds this neat site too: http://www.chinesestoryonline.com/idiom-story/66-zi-xiang-mao-dun.html

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