英语拓展词汇

节日篇

1.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

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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

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2.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

3.端午节Dragon Boat Festival

农历五月初五5th of the fifth lunar month

粽子zongzi

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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

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4.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

5.中秋节Mid-Autumn Day / Moon Festival

农历八月十五15th of the eighth lunar month

月饼moon cake

赏月appreciate the glorious full moon

中国神话故事Chinese mythology

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嫦娥Chang’e

后羿Hou Yi

长生不老be immortal

6.重阳节Double Ninth Day

赏菊admire the beauty of chrysanthemum

登高climb a height

7.七夕节Double Seventh Day/Chinese Valentine's Day

银河the Milky Way

鹊桥bridge of magpies

牛郎Cowherd

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织女the Weaving Maid

王母娘娘the Queen of Heaven

乞巧praying-for-cleverness

女红needlework

社会篇

改革开放reform and opening up

小康社会 a well-to-do society

奔小康strive for a relatively comfortable life

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人民生活people’s livelihood

生活水平living standards

生活质量quality of life

改善民生improve people’s wellbeing

住房条件housing conditions

生活条件living conditions

共同富裕shared prosperity

社会稳定social stability

衣食住行food, clothing, sheltering and means of traveling

厉行节约practice economy

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缩小收入差距narrow the income gap

人均收入average income per capita

文化程度educational level

城镇居民urban citizen

失业保障unemployment security

人口问题the issue of population

全面发展all-round development

发达国家developed country

发展中国家developing country

人口老龄化population aging

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养老provision for the aged

养老保险old-age insurance

社会保险social insurance

计划生育family planning

独生子女政策one-child policy

城市人口urban population

农业人口agriculture population

普查census

社会事业social programs

人才市场talent market

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人才交流talent exchange

人才外流brain drain

应届高校毕业生new college graduate

农民工rural migrant worker

公务员civil servant

市民citizen

名人celebrity

残疾人the disabled

就业率employment rate

失业率unemployment rate

.出生率birth rate

死亡率mortality rate

寿命life span

贫困地区poverty-stricken region

欠发达地区underdeveloped area

摆脱贫困shake off poverty

生活困难be badly-off

用电量electricity consumption

森林覆盖率forest coverage

产业结构industrial structure

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创历史新高an all-time high

战略性新兴产业strategic emerging industries 基础设施infrastructure

南水北调South-to-North Water Diversion Project

自然灾害natural disasters

本土化localization

体力劳动manual labor

可持续发展sustainable development

沙尘暴sandstorm

建筑灰尘construction dust

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市政府the municipal government

违章建筑unlicensed construction

严厉地处罚impose tough punishments on

主要污染源major sources of pollutants

建筑灰尘construction dust

炫富show off wealth

热词hot word/ buzzword

品位taste

大众传媒mass media

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中国文化篇

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