The article deals with the origins of phraseological units chengyu in the Chinese language, formed with by means of lexical repetition. The author analyzes the structural models of four-morphemic chengyu with contact repetition as a word forming technique and distant repetition as a compositional and stylistic device performing the expressive, emphatic, rhythmic and intonation functions.
本文论述了汉语中成语的来源，它是通过词汇重复形成的·。作者分析了以接触重复作为构词法或远隔重复作为结构修辞方法的四语素成语的结构模型，具有表达、强调和节奏和·语调功能。