中英对照中国传统词汇

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1.元宵节： Lantern Festival
2.刺绣：embroidery
3.重阳节：Double-Ninth Festival
4.清明节：Tomb sweeping day
5.剪纸：Paper Cutting
6.书法：Calligraphy
7.对联：(Spring Festival) Couplets
8.象形文字：Pictograms/Pictographic Characters
9.人才流动：Brain Drain/Brain Flow
10.四合院：Siheyuan/Quadrangle
11.战国：Warring States
12.风水：Fengshui/Geomantic Omen
13.铁饭碗：Iron Bowl
14.函授部：The Correspondence Department
15.集体舞：Group Dance
16.黄土高原：Loess Plateau
17.红白喜事：Weddings and Funerals
18.中秋节：Mid-Autumn Day
19.结婚证：Marriage Certificate
20.儒家文化：Confucian Culture

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21.附属学校：Affiliated school
22.古装片：Costume Drama
23.武打片：Chinese Swordplay Movie
24.元宵：Tangyuan/Sweet Rice Dumpling (Soup)
25.一国两制：One Country, Two Systems
26.火锅：Hot Pot
27.四人帮：Gang of Four
28.《诗经》：The Book of Songs
29.素质教育：Essential-qualities-oriented Education
30.《史记》：Historical Records/Records of the Grand Historian
31.大跃进：Great Leap Forward (Movement)
32.《西游记》：The Journey to the West
33.除夕：Chinese New Year’s Eve/Eve of the Spring Festival
34.针灸：Acupuncture
35.唐三彩：Tri-color Pottery of the Tang Dynasty/ The Tang Tri-colored pottery
36.中国特色的社会主义：Chinese-charactered Socialist/Socialist with Chinese characteristics
37.偏旁：radical
38.孟子：Mencius
39.亭/阁： Pavilion/ Attic
40.大中型国有企业：Large and Medium-sized State-owned Enterprises

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41.火药：gunpowder
42.农历：Lunar Calendar
43.印/玺：Seal/Stamp
44.物质精神文明建设：The Construction of Material Civilization and Spiritual Civilization
45.京剧：Beijing Opera/Peking Opera
46.秦腔：Crying of Qin People/Qin Opera
47.太极拳：Tai Chi
48.独生子女证：The Certificate of One-child
49.天坛：Altar of Heaven in Beijing
50.小吃摊：Snack Bar/Snack Stand
51.红双喜：Double Happiness
52.政治辅导员：Political Counselor/School Counselor
53.春卷：Spring Roll(s)
54.莲藕：Lotus Root
55.追星族：Star Struck
56.故宫博物院：The Palace Museum
57.相声：Cross-talk/Comic Dialogue
58.下岗：Lay off/Laid off
59.北京烤鸭：Beijing Roast Duck
60.高等自学考试：Self-taught Examination of Higher Education

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61.烟花爆竹：fireworks and firecracker
62.敦煌莫高窟：Mogao Caves
63.电视小品：TV Sketch/TV Skit
64.香港澳门同胞：Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao
65.文化大革命：Cultural Revolution
66.长江中下游地区：The Mid-low Reaches of Yangtze River
67.门当户对：Perfect Match/Exact Match
68.《水浒》：Water Margin/Outlaws of the Marsh
69.中外合资企业：Joint Ventures
70.文房四宝（笔墨纸砚）："The Four Treasure of the Study" "Brush, Inkstick, Paper, and Inkstone"
71.兵马俑：cotta Warriors/ Terracotta Army