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Four years ago, Handan renamed dozens of roads after idioms linked to the city’s ancient past. But even local residents found the phrases “difficult to remember,” local authorities admit. By Li Xin and Li Miaoran A city in northern China has abandoned its attempt to rename dozens of streets after famous Chinese idioms linked to the city’s ancient past, after admitting that even locals found the phrases “difficult to remember.” Handan, a city of nearly 10 million people in the northern Hebei province, is well-known in China for being the nation’s capital of chengyu — pithy, four-character idioms that often reference famous stories from Chinese history. By some estimates, the former ancient capital has over 1,500 chengyu associated with it, including a number of popular phrases that reference the city directly. In an attempt to take advantage of this unusual claim to fame, local authorities in Handan renamed 33 streets in one of the city’s main business distri
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