On the dictionary representation of phraseological units in Russian and Chinese lexicography

The article is devoted to the comparison of the history of the representation of phraseological units in Russian and Chinese linguistic dictionaries. The subject of research is Russian dictionaries of phraseological units and Chinese dictionaries of Chengyu. The purpose of the study is to identify similarities and differences in the representation of phraseological units / chengyu (literally "ready expression") in Russian and Chinese lexicography. The main lexicographic works of each of these stages in Russia and China are considered, including the Dictionary of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1783-1794) and the dictionary of "Phraseological Units of six departments" (1742), as well as the works of Chinese and Russian researchers in the field of lexicography and phraseology. As a result of the research, the following conclusions were drawn: 1) chengyu began to be recorded in dictionaries earlier than phraseological units in Russian dictionaries; 2) aspect phraseological dictionaries appeared in China earlier than in Russia; 3) if in Russia the development of phraseography is associated with the development of linguistic science, then in China the development of phraseography is rather due to a long cultural tradition. The novelty of the research consists, firstly, in the fact that in China the first aspect phraseological dictionaries appeared long before similar dictionaries in Russia, and, secondly, in the fact that the development of phraseography in Russia is associated with progress in linguistic science, whereas in China with cultural tradition. Russian and Chinese lexicography textbooks can be used in lectures for Russian students of Chinese and native Chinese speakers who are learning Russian.

lexicography, phraseology, chinese, Russian, phraseologism, Chengyu, dictionaries, phraseography, Chinese dictionaries, Russian dictionaries