Vietnamese phraseological units with a numeral component

The article is devoted to the study of structural and semantic features phraseological units with a numeral component in Vietnamese language. It noted that components can both retain their quantitative meaning be subjected partial or complete desemantization. most productive language are numerals first ten, while largest number set expressions một one. In vast majority units, several used simultaneously, usually two. This due application principle parallelism construction units. With opposite use numerals, it possible same times, different together. ordinal numbers mostly devoid symbolic specific meanings. various groups borrowed from Chinese considered. Using ba three as an example, types meanings numerative analyzed. course study, extensive illustrative material was used. relevance research topic determined by importance numerological for understanding cultural linguistic picture world mentality native speakers.