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)