Far East 3,000 Chinese Character Dictionary (Chinese/English).

• The 3,000 most frequently-used characters (based on the Ministry of Education's list of 3,000 essential Chinese characters).
• Over 14,000 phrases and idioms
• Includes both Hanyu and Mandarin Phonetic Symbols.
• Contains five indices: Hanyu Pinyin, Mandarin Phonetic Symbols, radicals, frequency, and stroke numbers on the traditional Chinese characters
• Provides English definitions for each character and phrase
• Enables one to recognize 99% of the characters published in most Chinese media