COGNITIVE FEATURES OF THE CONCEPT “SUCCESS” IN THE OPPOSITION "HAPPINESS – UNHAPPINESS" IN CHINESE IDIOMS

Bai Lingxiao

The proposed article examines the representation of the conceptual opposition "HAPPINESS" and "UNHAPPINESS" through the analysis of the meaning of chengyu in the Chinese language, analyzes the cognitive features of SUCCESS in the opposition "HAPPINESS – UNHAPPINESS" on the material of Chinese chengyu, defines the boundary between "HAPPINESS" and "UNHAPPINESS" in phraseological semantics. The aim of the study is to describe the cognitive sign of SUCCESS, actualizing the opposition "HAPPINESS – UNHAPPINESS" in Chinese chengyu. The material was chengyu in Chinese and sentences containing these chengyu symbolizing “SUCCESS”, both positive and negative.

Keywords:opposition, idioms, cognitive feature, Chinese language, phraseology