(完整word)中国文化相关词汇英文翻译

中国文化相关词汇英文翻译

元宵节:Lantern Festival

刺绣：embroidery

重阳节：Double-Ninth Festival

清明节：Tomb sweeping day

剪纸:Paper Cutting

书法：Calligraphy

对联:（Spring Festival）Couplets

象形文字：Pictograms/Pictographic Characters

人才流动：Brain Drain/Brain Flow

四合院：Siheyuan/Quadrangle

战国:Warring States

风水：Fengshui/Geomantic Omen

铁饭碗：Iron Bowl

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函授部:The Correspondence Department

集体舞：Group Dance

黄土高原：Loess Plateau

红白喜事:Weedings and Funerals

中秋节：Mid-Autumn Day

结婚证：Marriage Certificate

儒家文化：Confucian Culture

附属学校：Affiliated school

古装片：Costume Drama

武打片：Chinese Swordplay Movie

元宵:Tangyuan/Sweet Rice Dumpling（Soup）

一国两制:One Country，Two Systems

火锅：Hot Pot

四人帮：Gang of Four

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《诗经》：The Book of Songs

素质教育：Essential—qualities-Oriental Education

《史记》：Historical Records/Records of the Grand Historian

大跃进:Great Leap Forward(Movement）

《西游记》：The Journey to the West

除夕:Chinese New Year’s Eve/Eve of the Spring Festival

针灸：Acupuncture

唐三彩:Tri-color Pottery of the Tang Dynasty/The Tang Tri—colored pottery

中国特色的社会主义:Chinese-charactered Socialist/Socialist with Chinese characteristics

偏旁：radical

孟子：Mencius

亭/阁：Pavilion/Attic

大中型国有企业：Large and Medium-sized State-owned Enterprises

火药：gunpowder

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农历：Lunar Calendar

印/玺：Seal/Stamp

物质精神文明建设：The Construction of Material Civilization and Spiritual Civilization

京剧：Beijing Opera/Peking Opera

秦腔：Crying of Qin People/Qin Opera

太极拳：Tai Chi

独生子女证：The Certificate of One—child

天坛:Altar of Heaven in Beijing

小吃摊：Snack Bar/Snack Stand

红双喜：Double Happiness

政治辅导员：Political Counselor/School Counselor

春卷:Spring Roll(s)

莲藕:Lotus Root

追星族：Star Struck

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故宫博物院：The Palace Museum

相声：Cross-talk/Comic Dialogue

下岗:Lay off/Laid off

北京烤鸭:Beijing Roast Duck

高等自学考试：Self-taught Examination of Higher Education

烟花爆竹：fireworks and firecracker

敦煌莫高窟：Mogao Caves

电视小品：TV Sketch/TV Skit

香港澳门同胞：Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao

文化大革命：Cultural Revolution

长江中下游地区：The Mid—low Reaches of Yangtze River

门当户对：Perfect Match/Exact Match

《水浒》：Water Margin/Outlaws of the Marsh

中外合资企业：Joint Ventures

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文房四宝(笔墨纸砚）：The Four Treasure of the Study：Brush,Inkstick，Paper，and Inkstone

兵马俑：cotta Warriors/Terracotta Army

旗袍：cheongsam

光棍节:Single day

相亲谎言：Blind date lie

北京精神：Beijing spirit

鱼疗：Fish pedicure

白名单：White list

后窗文化:Rear window culture

垃圾时尚：Trashion

放养老公：Free—range husband

(完整word)中国文化相关词汇英文翻译

常见中国传统文化专用词汇英文翻译

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 wounded

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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

2.中华民族的喜庆节日（Chinese Festival）

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

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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.）

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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）

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

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温饱工程：Decent—Life Project

安居工程:Economy Housing Project

扫黄：Pom-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

四谛：Four Nobel Truth

八正道：Eightfold Path

无常：anity

五行说：Theory of Five Elements

无我：anatman

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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/stunk

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）

6.具有文化特色的现代表述

大陆中国：Mainland China

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红宝书：little red book

红色中国:socialist China

四化：Four Modemizations

终身职业：job—for-life

铁饭碗：iron rice bowl

大锅饭:communal pot

关系户：closely—related units

外出打工人员：migrant workers

关系网：personal nets/closely-knitted guild

五讲(讲文明、讲礼貌、讲卫生、讲秩序、讲道德）：the Five Merits focus on decorum，manners，hygiene，disciplines and morals

四美（心灵美、语言美、行为美、环境美)：the Four Virtues are golden heart,refined language，civilized behavior，and green environment

7.中国古代独特事物（Unique Ancient Chinese Items）

宣纸：rice paper

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衙门：yamen

扣头:kowtow

孔子：Confucius

牌楼：pailou/pai—loo

武术：wushu(Chinese Martial Arts）

功夫：kungfu/kung fu

中庸：the way of medium（cf。Golden Means）

中和：harmony(zhonghe）

孝顺：to show filial obedience

孝子：dutiful son

家长：family head

三纲：君为臣纲，父为子纲，夫为妻纲：three cardinal guides ruler guides subject，father guides son,husband guides wife

五常：仁、义、理、智、信：five constant virtues：benevolence（humanity），righteousness，propriety,wisdom and fidelity

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八股文：eight-legged essays

多福多子：The more sons/children，the more blessing/great happiness

养儿防老：raising sons to support one in one's old age

8.近一季度见诸报端的中国现代特色词汇翻译

基层监督：grass-roots supervision

基础税率：base tariff level

婚介所：matrimonial agency

婚外恋：extramarital love

婚纱摄影:bride photo

黑心棉：shoddy cotton

机器阅卷：machine scoring

即开型奖券：scratch—open ticket/lottery

集中精力把经济搞上去：go all for economic development

价格听证会：public price hearings

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甲A球队：Division A Soccer Team

家政服务：household management service

加强舆论监督:ensure the correct orientation is maintained in public opinion

假账：accounting fraud

叫板：challenge/pick a quarrel

矫情：use lame arguments

渐进式台独：gradual Taiwan independence

借调：temporarily transfer

扩大中等收入者比重：Raise the proportion of the middle—income group

扩大内需，刺激消费：expand domestic，demand and consumption