Where does “四字熟語” come from?
四字熟語 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 四, from Middle Chinese 四, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij.
四字熟語 (Japanese): a four-kanji set phrase
Ancestry of “四字熟語”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 四 | four, 4; the fourth |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 四 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *pV-lij | — |
Words derived from “四字熟語”