经典中文词汇英文翻译

中国人应该知道的英语词汇中国小吃

Stinky tofu 臭豆腐

Mapo tofu salted Sichuan style 麻婆豆腐Chinese style baked roll 烧饼

Fried bread stick /twisted cruller 油条Soybean porridge 豆浆

Boiled dumpling 水饺

Small steamed bun 小笼包

Plain wheat roll /steamed bun 馒头

Spicy hot pot /Sichuan hot pot 麻辣火锅Rice 饭团

Scallion cake 葱油饼

Sliced noodles 刀削面

Cold noodles 两面

Fried rice noodles 炒米粉

Dried tofu 豆腐干

Hard boiled egg 卤蛋

100-year egg 皮蛋

Salted duck egg 咸鸭蛋

Tea egg 茶蛋

Sesame paste 芝麻糊

Bean paste cake 绿豆糕

Fried dough twist /heam flower 麻花Chestnut roasted with sugar 糖炒栗子Plum juice 酸梅汤

Milk tea 奶茶

Black tea 红茶

Almond junket 杏仁豆腐

中国节日及传统

Lunar calendar 农历

New year’s day 元旦

Lunar new year /Chinese new year 农历新年Spring festival 春节

Lunar new year’s even reunion 年夜饭Chinese new year cake 年糕

Red envelope /a cash gift 红包

Latern festival 元宵节

Rice dumpling 汤圆

Tomb sweeping day 清明节

Dragon boat festival 端午节

Tsung-tse 粽子

Mid-autumn festival /moon-festival 中秋节Sachet 香包

Moon cake 月饼

Teachers’ day 教师节

Winter solstice 冬至

Vernal equinox 春分

Summer begins 立夏

Autumn begins 立秋

Leap year 闰年

中国古典文学

The analects of confucious 论语

The book of Odes/the book of poetry 诗经Shi shuo hsin Yu 世说新语

The legend of defication 封神榜

The Romance of the three kingdoms 三国演义Pilgrimage to the west 西游记

The dream of the red chamber 红楼梦

The Golden lotus 金瓶梅

All men are brothers 水浒传

The west chamber 西厢记

The four collections of books 四库全书

只可意会不可言传

Blasted 该死的真他妈的

Bleeding 烦人的令人讨厌的

Blooming 可恶的太他妈的

Dammed 该死的烦人的

Flaming 该死的非常的

Bastard 杂种狗东西

Buggar 畜生兔崽子

Bitch 贱货骚货

Son of a bitch 小人可恶的家伙

Turd 令人讨厌的家伙臭大粪

Arse 令人讨厌的家伙

Arsehole 愚蠢蠢货

Balls /crap /bullshit /fart 屁话放屁

Cock /prick /tool /cunt 胡说

Shit 讨厌烦人操

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Bugger /sod 王八羔子兔崽子

俗语谚语

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

双鸟在林，不如一鸟在手

Absence of mind

心不在焉

Actions speak louder than words

事实胜于雄辩

Add oil to the flames

火上浇油

Add insult to injury

雪上加霜

All at sea

不知所措

All ears

洗耳恭听

All Greek to me

一窍不通

All is not gold that glitters

发光的不一定都是金子

All is fish that comes to his net

捡到篮里的都是菜（意为来者不拒）

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

以眼还眼，牙还牙

A leopard can not change his sports

江山易改，本性难移

An hour in the morning is worth two hours in the evening

一日之计在于晨

(as )broad as it is long

半斤八两

As close as a clam

一毛不拔，守口如瓶

As you brew ,so shall you drink

自作自受

At a respectful distance

敬而远之

At the sign of the horn

戴绿帽子

At the world’s end

天涯海角

Attack is the best form of defence

进攻是最好的防守

Better a glorious death than a shameful life

宁为玉碎，为瓦全

Badger game

美人计

Bay the moon

异想天开

Be all mouths and trousers

光打雷不下雨

Birds of a feather flock together

物以类聚，人以群分

A bow bent too much will break

欲速则不达

Business is business

公事公办

Can not sea Beyond the length of his nose 鼠目寸光

Cast pearls before swine

对牛弹琴

A cat on hot bricks

热锅上的蚂蚁

Chop and change

朝三暮四

Circumstances alter cases

此一时，一时

Clean hand wants no washing

清者自清

Cock is bold in his own dunghill

窝里横

Cogito ergo sum

我思故我在

Come –day-go-day

当一天和尚撞一天钟

Comparisons are odious/odorous

人比人，气死人

Constant dropping will wear a stone

水滴石穿

Don’t judge a book by its cover

不要以貌取人

Cry wolf

狼来了

Custom is second nature

习惯成自然

Die is cast /thrown

木已成舟

Dig a well at a river

画蛇添足

Do as you would be done by

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