數字成語 Numeric Idioms

《童心童真》漫畫小故事，是孩子能自己讀、自己笑的溫情故事。

用自己學會認讀的字，慢慢學習獨立閱讀，同時吸收各種百科常識：經典、歷史、天文、科學…… 識字和閱讀，是終身學習的工具。

從簡短的故事開始，慢慢就能養成閱讀的習慣和專注力。

爸爸和媽媽也一起來，讀一讀、笑一笑、談一談… 感受親子的樂趣，讓美好時光，永留在孩子的印象之中。

Start to read independently with these short comic stories, all written in characters that the child has learnt from Basic Chinese 500 course. The stories in this series include history, classic, language learning, science, humour, and more.

Each story comes with some background information. It would be a great opportunity for parents to engage children in related discussions.

語文和數學，結合學習！中文成語中含有數字的不少，這個故事中就有四個為 (全部漢字都在課程之內喔)：

一本正經
二話不說
三更半夜 (嚴格來說這個成語裏面有兩個數字：三、半)
四海為家

自古以來，文人都喜歡玩這類語文遊戲。除了成語，還有對聯和詩句。不止是文人，我們日常生活中常用的成語不少含有數字，你和孩子也來試試看，能說或能懂多少？以下另有一些例子：

五音不全
六親不認
七上八下*
四方八面*
九死一生*
十全十美*

以上成語所用的字也都是在課程之內，用已懂的知認，學習新的內容，溫故而知新，是最輕鬆的學習方式。要是孩子想學更多的成語，成語漫畫就是最佳的選擇。

*這些成語每個都包含了兩個數字。

What do you say if we can learn language and maths at the same time? In this story, there are 4 idioms. Every one of them is made up of at least one number. All of the characters in these idioms are all taught in the course:

一本正經 (being dead serious)
二話不說 (not another single word)
三更半夜 (in the dead of night. There are 2 numbers in this idiom: 三 [three], and 半 [half].)
四海為家 (to feel at home anywhere, to roam about unconstrained)

This kind of language games has been very popular since ancient times among scholars. Apart from idioms, it also appears in couplets and poetry. There are many common, everyday used idioms that are in this pattern. Below are some further examples. How many of them do you and your children know?

五音不全 (tone deaf)
六親不認 (no consideration of relations, to show no mercy)
七上八下* (perturbed state of mind)
四方八面* (in all directions)
九死一生* (a narrow escape)
十全十美* (perfect)

All the characters used above are taught in the course. It is very effective to learn new things with knowledge that the child already grasped. To learn more Chinese idioms in the same way, we recommend Idioms in Comic.

*Each of these idioms contains two numbers.