This book is in the Chinese Reading for Practical Purposes: Step by Step series. It belongs to Reading Level-2. It can be used for learners in HSK Level 3 - 5 or those who have learned 1,000 Chinese characters or have studied Chinese for more than half a year to read after class or study on their own. This book has altogether 25 articles, all of which are about Chinese idioms. Arranged in chronological order, all the selected idioms are about the events or people that are against detailed and thorough historical settings. The suggested time for reading each story and the number of words in each story are given. In addition to the annotations in pinyin, English, Korean and Japanese for the new words, the corresponding pinyin is also provided for all the stories. Three columns are designed after the story. In the first part, "Have you understood it"?, four questions are raised to check how well the learners read; in the second part, "Can you use it?", two sample sentences on how to use this idiom are given, the purpose of which is to help learners master the usage of the idiom. The third part, "Synonym idioms", helps students to learn by associating this word with other words. Annotated in Korean and Japanese, all the new words are indexed in the last part of the book to facilitate learners. It is dual-color printed with funny illustrations and lively format, which will make you have a good time when reading it.