Table 3 Categorization of English Landslide and Mandarin 滑坡 in COCA and CCL.

Literal frequency of “landslide”(滑坡)

485 (17.1%)

1750 (46.5%)

Metaphorical frequency of “landslide”(滑坡)

2344 (82.9%)

2013 (53.5%)

Metaphorical target domain categorization

Victory (2307) in:

Political election (2305)

Sports (2)

Amount (26) in:

Hope, food, time, economy etc.

Decline (3) in:

Economy

Physical strength

Morality

Something like landslide (8):

Voice

Laugh

Feeling

Weight

Decline in:

Economy (1372)

Health and environment (44) Quality and management (125)

Morality and values (188)

Arts and education (284)