This article introduces the issue of proper nouns in the chengyu which is a type of Chinese phraseologism of 4 ideograms. In particular, this paper studies the toponyms and anthroponyms whose semantic and cultural contents reach to Chinese culture that is based on an ensemble of philosophical, historical, mythological writings and so on. This work also puts the emphasis on the direct link between phraseologism and its source text in the Chinese language.
CLIL theme: 3147 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Linguistique, Sciences du langage