前言成语,是定型而意义完整的词组或短句,以四字居多。其语源, 或为俗谚,或为习惯用语,或为散见于历代典籍中的故事引申出之名言佳句或警世箴言。它具有文化的传承性,为约定俗成之习惯用语,其组织结构不可任意更动,亦不得随兴杜撰。就成语的来源, 以经籍古书、历代文献为主,其中《诗经》是中国第一部诗歌总集,用语典雅、深刻精练,且多为四字句,极具成语发展的特质,对后世影 Preface idioms, stereotypes and meaning complete phrases or phrases, to four words mostly. Its source, or as a proverb, or as the idiom, or spread scattered in the story of ancient books derived from the famous or Sensible Proverbs. It has the cultural heritage, as a common custom idiom, its organizational structure can not be arbitrarily changed, it can not be hypocrite. The source of the idioms is the ancient classics and ancient dynasties. The Book of Songs is the first collection of Chinese poems. The language is elegant, profound and refined.