中国特色社会文化词语英文翻译

中国特色社会文化词语英文翻译

1. 元宵节： Lantern Festival

2. 刺绣：embroidery

3. 重阳节：Double-Ninth Festival

4. 清明节：Tomb sweeping day

5. 剪纸：Paper Cutting

6. 书法：Calligraphy

7. 对联：(Spring Festival) Couplets

8. 象形文字：Pictograms/Pictographic Characters

9. 人才流动：Brain Drain/Brain Flow

10. 四合院：Siheyuan/Quadrangle

11. 战国：Warring States

12. 风水：Fengshui/Geomantic Omen

13. 铁饭碗：Iron Bowl

14. 函授部：The Correspondence Department

15. 集体舞：Group Dance

16. 黄土高原：Loess Plateau

17. 红白喜事：Weddings and Funerals

18. 中秋节：Mid-Autumn Day

19. 结婚证：Marriage Certificate

20. 儒家文化：Confucian Culture

21. 附属学校：Affiliated school

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22. 古装片：Costume Drama

23. 武打片：Chinese Swordplay Movie

24. 元宵：Tangyuan/Sweet Rice Dumpling (Soup)

25. 一国两制：One Country, Two Systems

26. 火锅：Hot Pot

27. 四人帮：Gang of Four

28. 《诗经》：The Book of Songs

29. 素质教育：Essential-qualities-oriented Education

30. 《史记》：Historical Records/Records of the Grand Historian

31. 大跃进：Great Leap Forward (Movement)

32. 《西游记》：The Journey to the West

33. 除夕：Chinese New Year’s Eve/Eve of the Spring Festival

34. 针灸：Acupuncture

35. 唐三彩：Tri-color Pottery of the Tang Dynasty/ The Tang

Tri-colored pottery

36. 中国特色的社会主义：Chinese-charactered Socialist/Socialist with

Chinese characteristics

37. 偏旁：radical

38. 孟子：Mencius

39. 亭/阁： Pavilion/ Attic

40. 大中型国有企业：Large and Medium-sized State-owned

Enterprises

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41. 火药：gunpowder

42. 农历：Lunar Calendar

43. 印/玺：Seal/Stamp

44. 物质精神文明建设：The Construction of Material Civilization and

Spiritual Civilization

45. 京剧：Beijing Opera/Peking Opera

46. 秦腔：Crying of Qin People/Qin Opera

47. 太极拳：Tai Chi

48. 独生子女证：The Certificate of One-child

49. 天坛：Altar of Heaven in Beijing

50. 小吃摊：Snack Bar/Snack Stand

51. 红双喜：Double Happiness

52. 政治辅导员：Political Counselor/School Counselor

53. 春卷：Spring Roll(s)

54. 莲藕：Lotus Root

55. 追星族：Star Struck

56. 故宫博物院：The Palace Museum

57. 相声：Cross-talk/Comic Dialogue

58. 下岗：Lay off/Laid off

59. 烤鸭：Beijing Roast Duck

60. 高等自学考试：Self-taught Examination of Higher Education

61. 烟花爆竹：fireworks and firecracker

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62. 敦煌莫高窟：Mogao Caves

63. 电视小品：TV Sketch/TV Skit

64. XX澳门同胞：Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao

65. 文化大革命：Cultural Revolution

66. 长江中下游地区：The Mid-low Reaches of Yangtze River

67. 门当户对：Perfect Match/Exact Match

68. 《水浒》：Water Margin/Outlaws of the Marsh

69. 中外合资企业：Joint Ventures

70. 文房四宝（笔墨纸砚）："The Four Treasure of the Study"

"Brush/Writing Brush, Tusche/ Inkstick, Paper/ Rice Paper, and Inkstone/

Inkslab"

71. 笔 架：penholder72. 笔 筒：brush pot73. 镇 纸：paperweight74. 书 法：calligraphy75. 湖笔的尖健齐圆四德：sharp,tough,neat, and round.

76. 衙门 yamen

77. 叩头 kowtow

78. 孔子Confucius

79. 牌楼 pailou；pai-loo

80. 武术 wushu(Chinese Martial Arts)

81. 功夫 kungfu ；kung fu

82. 中庸 the way of medium (cf. Golden Means)

83. 中和 harmony (zhonghe)

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84. 孝顺 to show filial obedience

85. 孝子 dutiful son

86. 家长 family head

87. 宗族 patriarchal clan

88. 三纲：君为臣纲，父为子纲，夫为妻纲 three cardinal guides:

ruler guides subject, father guides son, husband guides wife

89. 五常：仁、义、理、智、信 five constant virtues: benevolence

(humanity), righteousness, propriety, wisdom and fidelity

90. 八股文 eight-legged essays/ eight-part essays

91. 四书五经 Four Books and Five Classics

92. 多子多福：The more sons/children, the more blessing/ great

happiness

93. 养儿防老：raising sons to support one in one’s old age

94. 八卦 trigram

95. 阴、阳 yin, yang

96. 江湖（世界） the jianghu World（the traits’ world）

97. 道 Daoism（Taoism）

98. 上火 excessive internal heat

99. 儒学 Confucianism

100. 红学（《红楼梦》研究） redology

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101. 世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia

102. 开放 kaifang （Chinese openness to the outside world）

103. 大锅饭 getting an equal share regardless of the work done

104. 不搞一刀切 no imposing uniformity on …

105. 合乎国情，顺乎民意 to conform with the nationalconditions

and the will of the people

106. 乱摊派，乱收费 imposition of arbitrary quotas and service

charge

107. 铁交椅 iron (lifetime) post’s; guaranteed leading post

108. 脱贫 to shake off poverty; anti-poverty

109. 治则兴，乱则衰 Order leads to prosperity and chaos to

decline

110. 锅贴 guotie (fried jiaozi)

111. 花卷 steamed twisted rolls

112. 套餐 set meal

113. 盒饭 box lunch; Chinese take-away

114. 米粉 rice noodles

115. 冰糖葫芦 a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples,etc.)

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116. 火锅 chafing dish

117. 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding

118. 粉丝 glass noodles

119. 豆腐脑 jellied bean curd

120. 基层监督 grass-roots supervision

121. 婚介所 matrimonial agency

122. 机器阅卷 machine scoring

123. 基础税率 base tariff level

124. 婚外恋 extramarital love

125. 黑心棉 shoddy cotton

126. 婚纱摄影 bride photo

127. 家政服务 household management service

128. 即开型奖券 scratch-open ticket/lottery

129. 价格听证会 public price hearings

130. 集中精力把经济建设搞上去 go all out for economic

development

131. 加强舆论监督 ensure the correct orientation is

maintained in public opinion

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132. 假帐 accounting fraud

133. 叫板 challenge; pick a quarrel

134. 渐进式台独 gradual Taiwan independence

135.借调 temporarily transfer

136. 扩大中等收入者比重 Raise the proportion of the

middle-income group.

137. 扩大内需，刺激消费expand domestic demand and consumption

138. 焦点访谈 Topics in Focus

139. 新闻调查 News Probe

140. 新闻30分 News in 30 Minutes

141. 市场热线 Market Hotline

142. 世界经济报道 World Economic Report

143. 股市分析 Stock Market Analysis

144. 足球之夜 Soccer Night

145. 东方时尚 Oriental Fashion

146. 春节联欢晚会 Spring Festival Gala Evening

147. 半边天 Half the Sky

148. 综艺大观 Super Variety Show

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149. 戏迷园地 Garden for Opera Fans

150. 大风车 Big Pinwheel

151. 七巧板 Tangram

152. 中华民族 Chinese Ethnic Peoples

153. 周日话题 Sunday Topics

154. 科技博览 Science and Technology Review

155. 人与自然 Man and Nature

156. 正大综艺 Zhengda Variety Show

157. 书坛画苑 Gallery of Calligraphy Painting

158. 天涯共此时 Time Together across the Strait

159. 华夏风情 China Kaleidoscope

160. 中国各地 Around China

161. 诗 The Book of Songs

162. 书 Collection of Ancient Texts

163. 礼 The Rites

164. 易 The Book of Changes

165. 春秋 The Spring&Autumn Annals

166. 四库全书 The Four Branches of Literature

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167. 经部 Confucian Classics

168. 史部 Historical Classics

169. 子部 Philosophical&Scientific Classics

170. 集部 Literary Classics (Belles Lettres)

171. 卦 hexagrams

172. 六爻 hexagram

173. 卦辞 text supplementary to hexagram

174. 越剧 Yue Opera- Zhejiang&Shanghai

175. 黄梅戏 Huangmei Opera- Anhui

176. 豫剧 Yu Opera- Henan

177. 平剧 Ping Opera- north (Hebei)

178. 昆腔 Kun Tune

179. 高腔 High Tune (Yi 弋 and Jing Tune)

180. 弦索腔 Xuansuo Tune

181. 梆子腔 Bangzi Tune

182. 皮簧腔 Pihuang Tune

183. 象形字 Pictographic Characters

184. 指事字 Self-Explanatory Characters

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185. 会意字 Associative Compounds

186. 形声字 Pictophonetic Characters

187. 假借字 Phonetic Characters

188. 转注字 Mutually Explanatory Characters

189. 甲骨文Inscriptions on Bones&Tortoise Shells

190. 钟鼎文 Bronze Inscription

191. 大篆 Big Seal Characters

192. 小篆 Small Seal Characters

193. 隶书 Official Script

194. 楷书 Regular Script

195. 草书 Cursive Hand

196. 行书 Running Hand

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