The Comparative Analysis of Animal Words’ Cultural Connotations in Chinese and English Idioms

Abstract

Animal words are often used to express people’s feelings and emotions both in English and Chinese, thus, these animal words is an absolutely important part of social languages and cultures. The comparative analysis method is used in this paper to classify and analyze cultural connotations of animal words in English and Chinese idioms from the aspect of cross-cultural communication. This paper focuses on the similarities and differences of animal words in both two languages and helps people to understand the language and culture better as well as avoid making cultural mistakes in the cross-cultural communication.