中國獨特概念詞英文表達法(1)

 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 confucianism

紅學(《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 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 、中華民族的喜慶節日(chinese festivial)

國慶節 national day

中秋節 mid-autumn day/festival

春節 spring festival

元宵節 lantern festival

兒童節 children’s day

端午節 dragon boat festival

婦女節 women’s day

潑水節 water-splashing day

教師節 teachers’ day

五四青年節 youth day

3、  中國獨特的傳統飲食(unique traditional chinese foods)

餛飩 wonton

鍋貼 guotie (fried jiaozi)

花捲 steamed twisted rolls

套餐 set meal

便當 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

冬粉 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

十五計畫 the 10th five-year plan

中國電腦聯網 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 go-west campaign

5 、特有的一些漢語辭彙

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)

還願 redeem a wish (vows)