1、中国文化词汇,中国文学Chinese literature 古代典籍 Famous Ancient Books 春秋 The Spring and Autumn Annals 论语 the Analects of Confucius 大学 The Great Learning 三字经 three-character scripture 诗经 The Books of Songs；the Book of Odes,史记 Historical Records 孙子兵法The Art of War 封神榜 Granting Titles to Gods 梁祝（小提琴协奏曲）Butterfly Lov
2、e 聊斋志异 Strange Tles from a Scholars Studio,拍案惊奇 Surprise Stories to Make One Slap the Desk 群英会 Gathering of Heroes 儒林外史 The Scholars 三国演义 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms 红楼梦 Dream of the Red Mansions ; The story of the Stone 红学(红楼梦研究) redology 西游记 Journey to the West；Pilgrimage to the West 水浒传Hero
3、es of the Marshes; Tales of the Water Margin,七言律诗 seven-character octave 五言绝句 five-character quatrain 武侠小说 tales of roving knights; martial arts novel ; a kung fu novel 言情小说 romantic fiction ; sentimental novel 旁白voice-over 寓言fable 神话mythology 传说 legend 世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia,象形文字 Pictograms/Pic
4、tographic Characters 偏旁部首 radical 汉语的四声调 the four tones of Chinese characters 平声 level tone 去声 falling tone 仄声 falling-rising tone 行书 running script,书法 Calligraphy,隶书 official script / clerical script 草书 cursive script 楷书 regular script / standard script 中国书法 Chinese calligraphy 书法五大书体five major sty
5、les of calligraphy 练习书法 to make special studies of calligraphy 中国书法 Chinese calligraphy 中外学者 Chinese and overseas scholars,文人 men of letters,孔子Confucius 诗人屈原Quyuan the poet 墨子 Mo Tzu 孟子 Mencius,艺术及工艺 Arts and Crafts,现代流行艺术popular art, pop art 当地文化native culture 城镇文化urban culture 表演艺术performing art 高
6、雅艺术refined art 冰雕 ice carving；ice sculpture 雕刻 carving 根雕 tree root carving 刻刀graver 木雕 wood carving 工笔 traditional Chinese realistic painting,瓷器 porcelain; china 刺绣 embroidery 双面绣 two-sided embroidery 苏绣Suzhou embroidery 宫灯 palace lantern 花灯festival lantern 漆器 lacquer ware 盆景 potted landscape 陶器 po
7、ttery ; earthenware 青铜器 bronze ware 玉雕 jade carving 手工艺品 handicraft 翡翠 green jade,地方戏local opera 凤阳花鼓 Flower Drum Dance 电视小品 TV Sketches/TV Skit 独角戏monodrama; one-man play 古装片 Costume Drama 优秀民间艺术 outstanding folk arts,中国结Chinese knot 旗袍 Cheongsam 绢扇 silk fan 卷轴 scroll,贺年片 New Year film 剪纸 Paper Cut
8、ting 真丝 pure silk 水乡景色riverside scenery,国画 Chinese traditional painting 水墨画 Chinese brush drawing ; ink and wash painting 画国画 to do traditional Chinese painting 年画 traditional new year pictures 绢画 silk painting 中国画 traditional Chinese painting,京剧Beijing Opera/Peking Opera,单口相声 monologue comic talk 双
9、口相声 witty dialogue 相声 Cross-talk/Comic Dialogue 小品witty skits 哑剧 dumb show ; mime ; mummery ; pantomime,口技vocal imitations 马戏circus performances /show 木偶戏 puppet show 泥人clay figure 皮影戏shadow play ; leather-silhouette show 说书 monologue story-telling,气功 Qigong,空手道 karate 柔道 judo 龙灯舞 dragon lantern dan
10、ce,秧歌舞 yangge dance 集体舞 Group Dance 舞龙dragon dance 舞狮 lion dance,全民健身运动 nationwide fitness campaign 习武健身 practice martial art for fitness 拳击 boxing 下象棋 to play Chinese chess 跆拳道 tae kwon do 太极拳 Tai Chi,特技表演stunt,杂技acrobatic performance 叠罗汉 make a human pyramid 踩高跷 stilt walk 武打片 Chinese Swordplay Mo
11、vie 武林高手 top martial artist,戏剧表演 Theatrical Performances,戏剧脸谱 theatrical mask 戏剧小品 skit 戏剧艺术 theatrical art 武术门派styles or schools of martial art 击剑fencing 古代格斗术 ancient form of combat,重要文化遗产 major cultural heritage,儒家文化 Confucian Culture 儒教 Confucianism 仁humaneness (also mean: humanity, benevolence,
12、 goodness, virtue) 儒学Confucianism,宿命论 determinism 道 Daoism(Taoism) 道Daosim, the way and its power 佛教 Buddhism 佛经 Buddhist scriptures 佛寺 Buddhist temple 基督教 Christianity 天主教 Catholicism,新教Protestant 耶稣基督 Jesus Christ 耶稣教Christianity 伊斯兰教Islam 邪教 cult 洗礼 baptism 古兰经the Koran,地理学家 geographer 考古学家 archa
13、eologist 历史学家 historian 人类学家 anthropologist 汉学家 Sinologist 哲学家 philosopher 政治辅导员 Political Counselor/School Counselor,五行 five elements,五行说Theory of Five Elements 金metal 木 wood 水 water 火fire 土 earth,十二生肖zodiac,Dog 狗 Dragon 龙 Hare 兔 Horse 马 Monkey 猴 Ox 牛 Pig猪,Rat 鼠 Rooster 鸡 Sheep 羊 Snake 蛇 Tiger 虎 猴
14、monkey,拜年 爆竹、鞭炮 本命年除夕 春联 大年初一 灯谜,pay a new year visit firecracker ones year of birth in the circle of twelve years Eve of Chinese new year spring couplets the first day of the first lunar month lantern riddle,hill climbing to hang out new years picture bid farewell to the old and usher in the new ;
15、ring out the old year and ring in the new awake all night to put up antithetical couplets to put up window paper-cuts,登高 挂年画 辞旧迎新贴春联 糊窗花,ring out the old year year-end household cleaning stay up late on the new years eve；to stay reunion family reunion dinner new year gift money / money given to chil
16、dren as a new year gift fireworks and firecracker,鸣钟辞旧岁 年终大扫除 守岁团圆 团圆饭 压岁钱烟花爆竹,神话人物 Mythological Figures,Changs ( the Chinese moon goddess) Fu Xi (God of Fishery and Husbandry) Gonggong, God of Water god of fortune, god of prosperity, god and longevity Houyi (a legendary hero who shot down nine suns
17、) Kuafu (a fabled sun-chasing giant ),嫦娥伏羲 共工福禄寿三星后羿夸父,the Jade Emperor Yellow Emperor Dragon King Door Gods the God of Wealth Patron of Agriculture Goddess of Sky-patching Pan Gu (creator of the universe ) Local God of the Land the Queen Mother of the West Departed soul King of Hell god of the kitc
18、hen the Kitchen God,玉皇大帝 黄帝 龙王 门神 财神爷 神农 女娲 盘古 土地神 王母娘娘 亡灵 阎王爷 灶神灶王爷,禹秦始皇 红白喜事 红双喜 民间文化 民间艺术 民族文化,Yu ( the reputed founder of the Xia Dynasty ) the first emperor / emperor Qin Weddings and Funerals Double Happiness folk culture folk arts national culture,二十四节气 风水 公历 农历 阳历 阴历 闰年 姻缘,the twenty-four so
19、lar terms Fengshui; geomantic omen gregorian calendar Lunar Calendar solar calendar Lunar calendar leap year Yinyuan (prefixed fate of marriage),赛龙舟 扫墓赏菊赏月大扫除踏青 祭祖,dragon-boat race perform sacrifices to ones ancestors or relatives admire the beauty of chrysanthemum appreciate the glorious full moon
20、year-end household cleaning go for an outing in springoffer sacrifices to the ancestors,五常：仁、义、 理、智、信针灸中药,five constant virtues: benevolence (humanity), righteousness, propriety, wisdom and fidelity Acupuncture TCM traditional Chinese medicine,传统节日 Traditional Festivals,春节 端午节 清明节西瓜节 元宵节 中秋节 风筝节,Spr
21、ing Festival Dragon Boat Festival Pure Brightness Festival Tomb-sweeping Festival the Water Melon Festival Lantern Festival Mid-autumn Festival the Kate Festival,美食节 植树节 重阳节 五四青年节 儿童节 妇女节 国庆节 劳动节 泼水节 七夕节 建军节,gourmet festival Tree-planting Day Double Ninth Day / the Aged Day Youth Day the Childrens D
22、ay the Womens Day the National Day the Labor Day Water-Splashing Day the Double-seventh Day the Army Day,古代建筑 Ancient Architecture,鼓楼 烽火台 轿子 孔庙 清真寺 牌坊 牌楼 屏风 四合院 亭/阁 风车,drum tower beacon tower、watch towers sedans temple of Confucius mosques memorial archway pailou; pai-loo screen Siheyuan; Quadrangle
23、 Pavilion/ Attic pinwheel,四大菜系:,鲁菜、川菜、粤菜、淮扬菜菜系 风味小吃 老字号,Shangdong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Canton/Guangdong cuisine, and Yangzhou cuisine cuisine local delicacy time-honored,色，香，味俱全山珍海味 食谱 年夜饭烹饪 烹饪方法 餐后甜点 餐前开胃点心/头道菜 套餐,perfect combination of color , aroma , taste and appearance delicacies from land
24、 and sea recipe the eve feast / family reunion dinner on lunar new years eve Culinary Arts Cooking Techniques dessert appetizer set meal,中国独特的传统饮食 (Unique Traditional Chinese Foods),小吃摊 正/主菜 中餐烹饪 小吃 北京烤鸭 臭豆腐 春卷 粉丝 粉蒸肉,Snack Bar/Snack Stand entre; main course Chinese cuisine snack；refreshments Beijin
25、g Roast Duck odd-odour bean curb Spring Roll(s) glass noodles pork streamed with rice flour,盒饭 花卷 馄饨 火锅 饺子 冷盘 莲藕,box lunch; Chinese take-away steamed twisted rolls wonton chafing dish; Hot Pot Jiaozi, boiled dumpling cold dish Lotus Root,米豆腐 米粉 魔芋豆腐 年糕 揉面 涮羊肉 糖人 羊肉串小摊 元宵 月饼,rice tofu rice noodles ko
26、njak tofu glutinous cake for new year kneading dough dip-boiled mutton slices sugar-molded mutton barbecue stall sweet sticky rice dumplings moon cake,爱国主义精神 patriotism,红色中国 一国两制渐进式台独 借调 进化论,socialist China One Country, Two Systems gradual Taiwan independence temporarily transfer Darwinism,合乎国情，顺乎民意
27、基层基层监督 集体主义 加强舆论监督建国,to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people at grass-root level grass-roots supervision collectivism ensure the correct orientations maintained in public opinion the founding of the Peoples Republic of China,上山下乡 深入群众，深入生活 四化 四美(心灵美、语言美、行为美、环境美) 为人民服务 温饱工程
28、 文革 物质精神文明建设 西部大开发 希望工程,to settle down in the mountainous areas and in the countryside go deep among the masses and into the thick of life Four Modernizations the Four Virtues are golden heart, refined language, civilized behavior, and green environment serving the people Decent-Life Project the Cul
29、tural Revolution The Construction of Material Civilization and Spiritual Civilization Go-West Campaign Project Hope,安居工程 菜篮子工程 长江中下游地区黄土高原 江南水乡 春运 大锅饭 大跃进 大中型国有企业扶贫工程 乱摊派，乱收费,Economy Housing Project Vegetable Basket Project The Mid-low Reaches of Yangtze River Loess Plateau the south of the lower re
30、aches of Yangtse River the Spring Festival travel communal pot Great Leap Forward (Movement) Large and Medium-sized State-owned Enterprises Anti-Poverty Project imposition of arbitrary quotas and service charge,婚介所 婚纱摄影 基础税率 集中精力把经济建设搞上去 假账 家政服务 价格听证会 结婚证 扩大内需，刺激消费 扩大中等收入者比重,matrimonial agency bride
31、 photo base tariff level go all out for economic development accounting fraud household management service public price hearings Marriage Certificate expand domestic demand and consumption Raise the proportion of the middle-income group,乱摊派，乱收费 门当户对 贫困地区 贫困户 脱贫 外出打工人员 人才流动 人力车 三峡工程 十五计划 铁饭碗 下岗 中外合资企
32、业 致富 终生职业,imposition of arbitrary quotas and service charge Perfect Match/Exact Match poverty-stricken area poverty-stricken family to shake off poverty; anti-poverty migrant workers Brain Flow rickshaw the Three Gorges Project the 15th Five-Year Plan iron rice bowl/a secure job Lay off/Laid off Joi
33、nt Ventures to become well-off job-for-life,附属学校 高等自学考试函授部汉藏语系 机器阅卷 家长 启蒙运动 素质教育,Affiliated school Self-taught Examination of Higher Education The Correspondence Department Sino-Tibetan machine scoring family head enlightenment Essential-qualities-oriented Education,文化产业 文化底蕴 文化事业 文化摇篮 五讲(讲文明、讲礼貌、讲卫
34、生、讲秩序、讲道德)学而优则仕,culture industry cultural deposits cultural undertaking cradle of civilization the Five Merits focus on decorum, manners, hygiene, disciplines and morals A good scholar can become an official./ He who excels in study can follow an official career .,四大发明 印刷术 造纸术 美人计 借刀杀人 声东击西 连环计 顺手牵羊
35、 偷梁换柱 走为上计 混水摸鱼 印/玺 战国,the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China printing paper-making techniques The beauty trap Kill someone with a borrowed knife Clamour in the east, attack in the west Chain together the enemys ships Take the opportunity to pilfer a goat Replace the beams with rotten timbers Ru
36、n away to fight another day Fish in troubled water Seal/Stamp Warring States,中国古代独特事物 (Unique Ancient Chinese Items),中国古代哲学家 中国热 中国特色的社会主义中华文明自立于世界民族之林,Ancient Chinese Philosophers Sinomania Chinese-charactered Socialist/Socialist with Chinese characteristics Chinese civilization stand proudly in th
37、e family of nations,同宗同源 炎黄子孙 香港澳门同胞华夏祖先孝顺四世同堂的大家庭独生子女家庭,of the same origin Chinese descent Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao the Chinese ancestors to show filial obedience /dutiful son an extended family with four generations living under the same roof family with only one child,岁岁平安 事业成功，家庭美满 一
38、帆风顺 双喜 国泰平安 吉祥如意 金玉满堂 生意兴隆 步步高升,Peace All Year Round Wish you success in your career and happiness of your family! Wishing You Every Success double happiness(中)，a doubled stroke of luck(英) The Country Flourishes And People Live In Peace Everything Goes Well Treasures Fill The Home Business Flourishes Promoting To A Higher Position,祝你新的一年快乐幸福招财进宝心想事成才子佳人出入平安恭喜发财,Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming year! Money And Treasures Will He Plentiful May All Your Wishes Come True gifted scholars and beautiful ladies Safe Trip Wherever You Go May you be prosperous! / Wish you all the best !,
