I. YAKOVLEV CHUVASH STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN

phraseological unit, proverb, Russian linguistic culture, Chinese linguistic culture, zoonyms “tiger” and “horse”

Zoonyms contribute to the discovery of the ethnic specificity of the perception of the world. They contain a certain cultural code giving meaning-forming significance to the paremia components. The article is devoted to the comparative analysis of Chinese and Russian phraseological units and paremias with zoonyms 马 (horse), 老虎 (tiger). The aim is to identify the symbolic meaning of the images of these animals in the context of two linguistic cultures. The relationship between the zoonyms that are in the base of paremias with certain historical patterns revealing the specificity of their interpretation is proven. Various methods of analysis are used to study Chinese and Russian units extracted from lexicographic sources by the method of continuous sampling and provide the opportunity to conduct a comprehensive study. The semantic characteristics of phraseological units are considered and their linguocultural interpretation is given. The analysis of the material shows the zoonym tiger is a nationally marked symbol, found in Chinese collocations. Being the most frequent component of chengyu, it acts as a symbol of power, might, unrealized talent, it is associated with danger and risk. The discovered similarity in the perception of a horse as a symbol of prosperity, success and victory in the world view of representatives of the two peoples proves the zoonym horse is an international symbol.

У Айхуэй – аспирант филологического факультета Российского университета дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы, г. Москва, Россия, https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8769-2316, wuaihui123@gmail.com