英语四级翻译-中国传统-词汇

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

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 prosperity and chaos to decline

中华民族的喜庆节日(Chinese Festivial)

国庆节National Day

中秋节Mid-Autumn Day/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

中国独特的传统饮食(Unique Traditional Chinese Foods)馄饨wonton

锅贴guotie (fried jiaozi)

馒头

豆浆

油条

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

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

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

四谛Four Noble Truth

八正道Eightfold Path

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)

具有文化特色的现代表述

大陆中国Mainland China

红宝书little red book