中文特有的英文词汇

1、中国意念词(Chinesenesses)

八卦trigram

阴、阳yin, yang

道Dao(cf. logo)

江湖(世界) the jianghu World (the traits’world)

e.g. 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

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 prosperity and chaos to decline

2、中华民族的喜庆节日(Chinese Festivial)

国庆节National Day

中秋节Mid-Autumn Festival

春节Spring Festival

元宵节Lantern Festival

儿童节Children’s Day

端午节Dragon Boat Festival

妇女节Women’s Day

泼水节Water-Splashing Day

教师节Teachers’Day

五四青年节Youth Day

3、中国独特的传统饮食(Unique Traditional Chinese Foods)

馄饨wonton

锅贴guotie (fried jiaozi)

花卷steamed twisted rolls

套餐set meal

盒饭box lunch; Chinese take-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 rice pudding

粉丝glass noodles

豆腐脑jellied bean curd

4、中国新兴事物(Newly Sprouted Things) 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Beijing CKowloon 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 Housing Project

扫黄Porn-Purging Campaign

西部大开发Go-West Campaign

5、特有的一些汉语词汇

禅宗Zen Buddhism

禅dhyana; dhgaya

混沌chaos

道Daosim, the way and its power 无常anity

五行说Theory of Five Elements

无我anatman

坐禅metta or transcendental meditation

空sunyata

虚无nothingness

双喜double happiness(中)，a doubled stroke of luck(英) 小品witty skits

相声cross-talk

噱头；掉包袱gimmick, stunt

夜猫子night people; night-owls

本命年this animal year of sb。

处世之道philosophy of life

姻缘yinyuan(prefixed fate of marriage)

还愿redeem a wish (vows)

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1、中国意念词(Chinesenesses)

八卦trigram

阴、阳yin, yang