傳統(tǒng)文化：
八卦 trigram
陰、陽 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 excessiveinternal heat
儒學(xué) Confucianism
紅學(xué)(《紅樓夢(mèng)》研究) redology
世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia
開放 kaifang (Chinese opennessto the outside world)
傷痕文學(xué) scar literature or the literature of the wounded
合乎國(guó)情，順乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people
亂攤派，亂收費(fèi) impositionof arbitrary quotas and service charge
脫貧 to shake off poverty; anti-poverty
治則興，亂則衰 Order leads to prosperityand chaos to decline(Examda)
傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日：
國(guó)慶節(jié) National Day
中秋節(jié) Mid-Autumn Day/Festival(Examda)
春節(jié) Spring Festival
元宵節(jié) LanternFestival
兒童節(jié) Children’s Day
端午節(jié) Dragon Boat Festival
婦女節(jié) Women’s Day
潑水節(jié) Water-SplashingDay
教師節(jié) Teachers’ Day
五四青年節(jié) Youth Day
傳統(tǒng)小吃：
餛飩 wonton來源:考試大網(wǎng)
鍋貼 guotie (fried jiaozi)(Examda)
花卷 steamed twisted rolls
套餐 set meal
盒飯 box lunch; Chinese take-away
米豆腐 rice tofu
魔芋豆腐 konjaktofu
米粉 rice noodles
冰糖葫蘆 a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples,etc.)
火鍋 chafing dish
八寶飯 eight-treasure rice pudding
粉絲 glass noodles
豆腐腦 jellied bean curd
現(xiàn)代建設(shè)：
中國(guó) 電信 China Telecom
中國(guó) 移動(dòng) China Mobile
十五計(jì)劃 the 10th Five-Year Plan
中國(guó)電腦聯(lián)網(wǎng) Chinanet
三峽工程 the Three Gorges Project
希望工程 Project Hope
扶貧工程 Anti-PovertyProject
菜籃子工程 Vegetable Basket Project
溫飽工程 Decent-Life Project
安居工程 Economy Housing Project
西部大開發(fā) Go-West Campaign 綜藝表演：
小品 witty skits來源:考試大網(wǎng)
相聲 cross-talk
噱頭;掉包袱 gimmick, stunt
夜貓子 night people; night-owls
本命年 this animal year of sb.
處世之道 philosophyof life
姻緣 yinyuan(prefixed fate of marriage)
還愿 redeem a wish (vows)
政治：
大陸中國(guó) Mainland China
紅色中國(guó) socialistChina
四化 Four Modernizations
終生職業(yè) job-for-life
鐵飯碗 iron rice bowl
外出打工人員 migrantworkers
關(guān)系網(wǎng) personal nets, closely-knitted guild
傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗：
叩頭 kowtow
孔子Confucius
牌樓 pailou;pai-loo
武術(shù) wushu(Chinese Martial Arts)
功夫 kungfu ;kung fu
中庸 the way of medium(cf. Golden Means)
孝順 to show filial obedience
孝子 dutiful son
家長(zhǎng) family head
多子多福：The more sons/children, the more blessing/great happiness
養(yǎng)兒防老：raising sons to support one in one’s old age
現(xiàn)代發(fā)展：
基層監(jiān)督 grass-roots supervision
基礎(chǔ)稅率 base tariff level
婚介所 matrimonial agency
婚外戀 extramaritallove
婚紗攝影 bride photo
即開型獎(jiǎng)券 scratch-open ticket/lottery
集中精力把經(jīng)濟(jì)建設(shè)搞上去 go all out for economic development
家政服務(wù) household management service(Examda)
加強(qiáng)輿論監(jiān)督 ensure the correct orientationis maintained in public opinion
假帳 accounting fraud
擴(kuò)大中等收入者比重 Raise the proportion of the middle-income group.
擴(kuò)大內(nèi)需，刺激消費(fèi)expand domesticdemand and consumption(Examda)