他是我父亲。He is my father.（judgement）
这姑娘是漂亮。This girl is really beautiful.（really）
此人是书就读。This man reads every book he can reach.（every）
是可忍，孰不可忍？If this can be tolerated, what cannot?
（this）
是古非今praise the past and condemn the present（think it right）
Connotative meaning
Definition
Implied emotion and associative meaning
Examples
1.Cultural connotation
the East:moon（reunion,love,hometown）
the West:moon（Capricious and gloomy）
2.Stylistic features
某某夫人 Lady ××
某某家的 ××'s wife
3.Color term
绿色蜡waxy green;红霞rainbow-red;白雪snow-white
描写润土:紫色crimson;灰黄sallow
4.Reduplication
AABB:推推挤挤pushes and elbows;滴滴溜溜rapidly swirl
ABB:笑嘻嘻grinningly
AAB:砍砍柴cut firewood;卖卖菜peddle vegetables
5.Numeral
......三十六家花酒店，七十二座管弦楼。
...the countless taverns and music halls
临河四周all the three sides near the river
八面来风with the pleasant breeze from all directions
三伏天in the hottest days of the year
