中國特色詞匯

1.      元宵節： Lantern Festival 

2.      刺繡：embroidery

3.      重陽節：Double-Ninth Festival

4.      清明節：Tomb sweeping day

5.      剪紙：Paper Cutting

6.      書法：Calligraphy

7.      對聯：(Spring Festival) Couplets

8.      象形文字：Pictograms/Pictographic Characters

9.      人才流動：Brain Drain/Brain Flow

10.  四合院：Siheyuan/Quadrangle

11.  戰國：Warring States

12.  風水：Fengshui/Geomantic Omen

13.  鐵飯碗：Iron Bowl

14.  函授部：The Correspondence Department

15.  集體舞：Group Dance

16.  黃土高原：Loess Plateau

17.  紅白喜事：Weddings and Funerals

18.  中秋節：Mid-Autumn Day

19.  結婚證：Marriage Certificate

20.  儒家文化：Confucian Culture

21.  附屬學校：Affiliated school

22.  古裝片：Costume Drama

23.  武打片：Chinese Swordplay Movie

24.  元宵：Tangyuan/Sweet Rice Dumpling (Soup)

25.  一國兩製：One Country, Two Systems

26.  火鍋：Hot Pot

27.  四人幫：Gang of Four

28.  《詩經》：The Book of Songs

29.  素質教育：Essential-qualities-oriented Education

30.  《史記》：Historical Records/Records of the Grand Historian

31.  大躍進：Great Leap Forward (Movement)

32.  《西遊記》：The Journey to the West

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

34.  針灸：Acupuncture

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

36.  中國特色的社會主義：Chinese-charactered Socialist/Socialist with Chinese characteristics

37.  偏旁：radical

38.  孟子：Mencius

39.  亭/閣： Pavilion/ Attic

40.  大中型國有企業：Large and Medium-sized State-owned Enterprises

41.  火藥：gunpowder

42.  農曆：Lunar Calendar

43.  印/璽：Seal/Stamp

44.  物質精神文明建設：The Construction of Material Civilization and Spiritual Civilization

45.  京劇：Beijing Opera/Peking Opera

46.  秦腔：Crying of Qin People/Qin Opera

47.  太極拳：Tai Chi

48.  獨生子女證：The Certificate of One-child

49.  天壇：Altar of  Heaven in Beijing

50.  小吃攤：Snack Bar/Snack Stand

51.  紅雙喜：Double Happiness

52.  政治輔導員：Political Counselor/School Counselor

53.  春卷：Spring Roll(s)

54.  蓮藕：Lotus Root

55.  追星族：Star Struck

56.  故宮博物院：The Palace Museum

57.  相聲：Cross-talk/Comic Dialogue

58.  下崗：Lay off/Laid off

59.  北京烤鴨：Beijing Roast Duck

60.  高等自學考試：Self-taught Examination of Higher Education

61.  煙花爆竹：fireworks and firecracker

62.  敦煌莫高窟：Mogao Caves

63.  電視小品：TV Sketch/TV Skit

64.  香港澳門同胞：Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao

65.  文化大革命：Cultural Revolution

66.  長江中下遊地區：The Mid-low Reaches of Yangtze River

67.  門當戶對：Perfect Match/Exact Match

68.  《水滸》：Water Margin/Outlaws of the Marsh

69.  中外合資企業：Joint Ventures

70.  文房四寶（筆墨紙硯）："The Four Treasure of the Study" "Brush, Inkstick, Paper, and Inkstone",