《西游记》 Journey to the West; Pilgrimage to the West
《水浒传》 Heroes of the Marshes; Tales of the Water Margin
《红楼梦》 Dream of the Red Mansions
《资治通鉴》 History as a Mirror; Comprehensive History Retold as a Mirror for Rulers
《山海经》 The Classic of Mountains and Rivers
《孝经》 Book of Filial Piety
《三字经》 The Three-Character Scripture; The Three-Word Chant
《西厢记》The Romance of West Chamber
《聊斋志异》Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio; Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio
《阿Q正传》 The True Story of Ah Q
《吾国吾民》 My Country and My People
《倾城之恋》 Love in a Fallen City
四书五经The Four Books and The Five Classics
《中庸》The Doctrine of the Mean
《论语》The Analects of Confucius
《孟子》The Mencius/The Works of Mencius
《春秋》the Spring and Autumn Annals
《诗经》The Book of Songs; The Book of Odes
《易经》( 《周易》) I Ching; The Book of Changes
《尚书》(《书经》)The Book of History
十二生肖 the twelve Chinese zodiac signs
本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches
传统节日 traditional holidays
清明节 the Pure Brightness Festival/the Tomb-sweeping Day
端午节 the Dragon Boat Festival
中秋节 the Moon Festival/the Mid-Autumn Day
重阳节 the Double Ninth Day/the Aged Day
重要文化遗产 major cultural heritage
优秀民间艺术 outstanding folk arts
中国画 traditional Chinese painting
水墨画 Chinese brush painting; ink and wash painting
工笔 traditional Chinese realistic painting
唐装 traditional Chinese garments(clothing); Tang suit
现代流行艺术 popular art; pop art
才子佳人 gifted scholars and beautiful ladies
二十四节气 the twenty-four solar terms
古为今用，洋为中用 make the pastserve the present and the foreign serve china
对对联 matching an antithetical couplet
习武健身 practice martial art for fitness
气功 qigong; deep breathing exercises
篆刻 seal cutting upriteous
工艺,手艺 workmanship; craftsmanship
唐三彩 Trio-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty
文房四宝 The four stationery treasures of the Chinese study——a writing brush, anink stick, an ink stone and paper.
皮影戏 shadow play; leather-silhouette show
单口相声 monologue comic talk; stand up comedy
相声 witty dialogue comedy; comic cross talk
京韵大鼓 the traditional story-telling in Beijing dialect with drum accompaniment
生(男性正面角色) male( the positive male role)
旦(女性正面角色) female(the positive female role)
净(性格鲜明的男性配角) a supporting male role with striking character
丑(幽默滑稽或反面角色) a clown or a negative role
汉字 Chinese character
单音节 single syllable
汉语四声调 the four tones of Chinese characters
阳平 level tone
阴平 rising tone
上声 falling-rising tone
去声 falling tone
五言绝句 five-character quatrain
七言律诗 seven-character octave
八股文 eight-part essay; stereotyped writing
道 Dao(cf.logo)
江湖(世界) the jianghu World (the traits’world)
You can ‘t control everything in a traits' world.
人在江湖,身不由己。
道 Daoism (Taoism)
上火 excessive internal heat
儒学 Confucianism
红学(《红楼梦》研究) redology
世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia
开放 kaifang(Chinese openness to the outside world)
大锅饭 getting an equal share regardless of the work done
伤痕文学 scar literature or the literature of the wounded
不搞一刀切 no imposing uniformity on
合乎国情，顺乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people
乱摊派，乱收费 imposition of arbitrary quotas and service charge
铁交椅 iron( lifetime) post’s; guaranteed leading post
脱贫 to shake off poverty; anti-poverty
治则兴，乱则衰 Order leads to prosperityand chaos to decline
中国新兴事物 Newly Sprouted Things
中国电信 China Telecom
中国移动 China Mobile
十五计划 the 10th Five- Year Plan
中国电脑联网 Chinanet
三峡工程 the Three Gorges Project
希望工程 Project Hope
京九铁路 the Beijing-Kowloon Railway
扶贫工程 Anti-Poverty Project
菜篮子工程 Vegetable Basket Project
温饱工程 Decent-Life Project
安居工程 Economy HousingProject
扫黄 Porn-Purging Campaign
西部大开发 Go-West Campaign
馄饨 wonton
锅贴 guotie( fried jiaozi)
花卷 steamed twisted rolls
套餐 set meal
盒饭 box lunch; Chinesetake-away
米豆腐 rice tofu
魔芋豆腐 konjak tofu
米粉 rice noodles
冰糖葫芦 a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples, etc.)
火锅 chafing dish
八宝饭 eight- treasure ricepudding
粉丝 glass noodles
豆腐脑 jellied bean curd
