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Language education as it exists in our country has been seriously criticized by parents, teachers and society since the 1990s. It has indeed aroused the attention of our whole society and has triggered universal discussions, in newspapers and journals, of the need to carry out reform in that area.

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    The idioms “同心協力” and “齊心協力” indeed have the same meaning, and are appropriate answers to the question.

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    The idioms “維妙維肖” and “栩栩如生” indeed have similar meaning, and are appropriate answers to the question.

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He, K. (2016). Cultivation of Creative Thinking in Language Education. In: New Theory of Children’s Thinking Development: Application in Language Teaching. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-837-3_6

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