中國獨特概念詞英文表達法(1)

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1、中國意念詞(Chinesenesses)
     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 excessive internal heat
     儒學(xué) Confucianism
     紅學(xué)(《紅樓夢》研究) redology
     世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia
     開放 kaifang (Chinese openness to the outside world)
     大鍋飯 getting an equal share regardless of the work done
     傷痕文學(xué) scar literature or the literature of the wounded
     不搞一刀切 no imposing uniformity on …
     合乎國情,順乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people
     亂攤派,亂收費 imposition of arbitrary quotas and service charge
     鐵交椅 iron (lifetime) post‘s; guaranteed leading post
     脫貧 to shake off poverty; anti-poverty
     治則興,亂則衰 Order leads to prosperity and chaos to decline
     2 、中華民族的喜慶節(jié)日(Chinese Festivial)
     國慶節(jié) National Day
     中秋節(jié) Mid-Autumn Day/Festival
     春節(jié) Spring Festival
     元宵節(jié) Lantern Festival
     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-Splashing Day
     教師節(jié) Teachers‘ Day
     五四青年節(jié) Youth Day
     3、 中國獨特的傳統(tǒng)飲食(Unique Traditional Chinese Foods)
     餛飩 wonton
     鍋貼 guotie (fried jiaozi)
     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 konjak tofu
     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
     4 、中國新興事物(Newly Sprouted Things)
     中國 電信 China Telecom
     中國 移動 China Mobile
     十五計劃 the 10th Five-Year Plan
     中國電腦聯(lián)網(wǎng) Chinanet
     三峽工程 the Three Gorges Project
     希望工程 Project Hope
     京九鐵路 Beijing CKowloon Railway
     扶貧工程 Anti-Poverty Project
     菜籃子工程 Vegetable Basket Project
     溫飽工程 Decent-Life Project
     安居工程 Economy Housing Project
     掃黃 Porn-Purging Campaign
     西部大開發(fā) Go-West Campaign
     5 、特有的一些漢語詞匯
     禪宗 Zen Buddhism
     禪 dhyana; dhgaya
     混沌 chaos
     道 Daosim, the way and its power
     四諦 Four Noble Truth
     八正道 Eightfold Path
     無常 anity
     五行說 Theory of Five Elements
     無我 anatman
     坐禪 metta or transcendental meditation
     空 sunyata
     虛無 nothingness
     雙喜 double happiness(中),a doubled stroke of luck(英)
     小品 witty skits
     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 philosophy of life
     姻緣 yinyuan(prefixed fate of marriage)
     還愿 redeem a wish (vows)