英语四六级翻译高频词汇

节日篇

春节the Spring Festival / Chinese lunar Near Year 农历正月初一the first day of the first lunar month

农历lunar calendar

年终大扫除year-end household cleaning

春联Spring Festival couplets

年画New Year pictures

剪纸paper-cuts

团圆饭family reunion dinner

饺子jiaozi

春晚Spring Festival Gala

守岁stay up late on the New Year’s Eve

除夕Eve of Chinese New Year

辞旧迎新ring out the old year and ring in the new

拜年pay a New Year visit

红包red packets

压岁钱lucky money

放爆竹let off firecrackers

庙会temple fair

禁忌taboo

元宵节Lantern Festival

农历正月十五15th day of the first lunar month

元宵rice dumplings

花灯festival lantern

灯谜lantern riddle

灯会exhibit of lanterns

烟花fireworks

端午节Dragon Boat Festival

农历五月初五5th of the fifth lunar month

粽子zongzi

糯米sticky rice

粽叶bamboo leaves

舞龙dragon dance

舞狮lion dance

踩高跷stilt walking

赛龙舟dragon-boat racing

纪念in memory of

屈原Quyuan

诗人poet

忠臣loyal minister

清明节Tomb-sweeping Day

寒食节Cold Food Festival

祭拜祖先offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors

扫墓sweep graves of one’s ancestors or loved ones 踏青go for a spring outing

中秋节Mid-Autumn Day / Moon Festiva l

农历八月十五15 th of the eighth lunar month

月饼moon cake

赏月appreciate the glorious full moon

中国神话故事Chinese mythology

嫦娥Chang’e

后羿Hou Yi

长生不老be immortal

重阳节Double Ninth Day

赏菊admire the beauty of chrysanthemum

登高climb a height

七夕节Double Seventh Day

/Chinese Valentine's Day

银河the Milky Way

鹊桥bridge of magpies

牛郎Cowherd

织女the Weaving Maid

王母娘娘the Queen of Heaven

乞巧praying-for-cleverness

女红needlework

中国文化

Part 1 中国文化

四大发明the four great inventions of ancient China

火药gunpowder

印刷术printing

造纸术paper-making

指南针the compass

文房四宝”Four Treasures of the Study 笔writing brush

墨ink stick

纸paper

砚ink slab

书法calligraphy

中国画traditional Chinese painting

水墨画Chinese brush painting

雕刻sculpture

泥人clay figure

武术martial arts

京剧Peking opera

昆曲Kunqu opera

相声cross talk

中药traditional Chinese medicine

中国结Chinese knot

唐装T ang suit

四合院courtyard house

红茶black tea

绿茶green tea

功夫茶Gongfu tea

火锅hot pot

Part 2 中国文学

四大名著four major classical novels

《三国演义》The Romance of Three Kingdoms 《红楼梦》Dream of the Red Mansions

《水浒传》Outlaw of the Marshes

《西游记》Journey to the West

四书The Four Books

《大学》The Great Learning

《中庸》The Doctrine of the Mean

《论语》Analects of Confucius

《孟子》The Mencius

五经The Five Classics

《诗经》The Book of Songs

《书经》The Book of History

《易经》The Book of Changes

《礼记》the Book of Rites

《春秋》The Spring and Autumn Annals

Part 3 中国古代哲学家及相关表达

哲学家philosopher

孔子Confucius