八卦 trigram
阴、阳 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
儒学 Confucianism
红学（《红楼梦》研究） redology
世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia
开放 kaifang （Chinese openness to the outside world）
大锅饭 getting an equal share regardless of the work done
不搞一刀切 no imposing uniformity on …
合乎国情，顺乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people
乱摊派，乱收费 imposition of arbitrary quotas and service charge
铁交椅 iron (lifetime) post’s; guaranteed leading post
脱贫 to shake off poverty; anti-poverty
治则兴，乱则衰 Order leads to prosperity and chaos to decline
中华民族的喜庆节日（Chinese Festivial）
国庆节 National Day
中秋节 Mid-Autumn Festival
春节 Spring Festival
元宵节 Lantern Festival
儿童节 Children’s Day
端午节 Dragon Boat Festival
妇女节 Women’s Day
泼水节 Water-Splashing Day
教师节 Teachers’ Day
五四青年节 Youth Day
中国独特的传统饮食（Unique Traditional Chinese Foods）
馄饨 wonton
锅贴 guotie (fried jiaozi)
花卷 steamed twisted rolls
套餐 set meal
盒饭 box lunch; Chinese take-away
米豆腐 rice tofu
魔芋豆腐 konjak tofu
米粉 rice noodles
冰糖葫芦 a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples,etc.)
火锅 chafing dish
八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding
粉丝 glass noodles
豆腐脑 jellied bean curd
中国新兴事物（Newly Sprouted Things）
中国电信 China Telecom
中国移动 China Mobile
十五计划 the 10th Five-Year Plan
中国电脑联网 Chinanet
三峡工程 the Three Gorges Project
希望工程 Project Hope
京九铁路 Beijing CKowloon Railway
扶贫工程 Anti-Poverty Project
菜篮子工程 Vegetable Basket Project
温饱工程 Decent-Life Project
安居工程 Economy Housing Project
扫黄 Porn-Purging Campaign
西部大开发 Go-West Campaign
特有的一些汉语词汇
禅宗 Zen Buddhism
禅 dhyana; dhgaya
混沌 chaos
道 Daosim, the way and its power
无常 anity
五行说 Theory of Five Elements
无我 anatman
坐禅 metta or transcendental meditation
空 sunyata
虚无 nothingness
双喜 double happiness(中)，a doubled stroke of luck(英)
小品 witty skits
相声 cross-talk
噱头；掉包袱 gimmick, stunt
夜猫子 night people; night-owls
本命年 this animal year of sb.
处世之道 philosophy of life
姻缘 yinyuan（prefixed fate of marriage）
还愿 redeem a wish (vows)
近现代大师的佳作
《围城》Fortress Besieged
《阿Q正传》The True Story of Ah Q
《吾国吾民》My Country and My People
《京华烟云》Moment in Peking
《骆驼祥子》Rickshaw/James
《茶馆》Teahouse
《边城》The Border Town
《倾城之恋》Love in a Fallen City
《十八春》(《半生缘 》)Eighteen Springs
中华文化遗产拾珠
重要文化遗产major cultural heritage
优秀民间艺术outstanding folk arts
文物cultural relics
中国画traditional Chinese painting
书法calligraphy
水墨画Chinese brush painting; ink and wash painting
工笔traditional Chinese realistic painting
中国结Chinese knot
旗袍Cheongsam
中山装Chinese tunic suit
唐装traditional Chinese garments (clothing)，Tang suit
那些中国特有的绝技&瑰宝
习武健身practice martial art for fitness
气功qigong, deep breathing exercises
篆刻seal cutting upriteous
工艺, 手艺workmanship / craftsmanship
卷轴scroll
蜡染batik
泥人clay figure
漆画lacquer painting
唐三彩Trio-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty
景泰蓝cloisonné
文房四宝The four stationery treasures of the Chinese study --- a writing brush, an ink stick, an ink stone and paper
中国传统文化
民间传说folklores
寓言fable
传说legend
神话mythology
古为今用,洋为中用make the past serve the present and the foreign serve china
赋诗inscribe a poem
对对联matching an antithetical couplet
汉语的那些秘密
汉字Chinese character
单音节single syllable
汉语四声调the four tones of Chinese characters
阳平level tone
阴平rising tone
上声falling-rising tone
去声falling tone
五言绝句five-character quatrain
七言律诗seven-character octave
八股文eight-part essay; stereotyped writing
古籍名著
课本中的四书五经你忘了嘛?
四书五经The Four Books and The Five Classics
1、四书the Four Books
《大学》The Great Learning
《中庸》The Doctrine of the Mean
《论语》The Analects of Confucius
《孟子》The Mencius/The Works of Mencius
2、五经The Five Classics
《春秋》the Spring and Autumn Annals
《诗经》The Books of Songs;The Book of Odes
《易经》(《周易》) I Ching; The Book of Changes
《礼记》The Book of Rites
《尚书》(《书经》) The Books of History
假期霸屏的那些中国四大名著
《三国演义》Three Kingdoms
《西游记》Journey to the West; Pilgrimage to the West
《水浒传》Heroes of the Marshes; Tales of the Water Margin
《红楼梦》Dream of the Red Mansions
那些我们耳熟能详的经典作品
《史记》Historical Records
《资治通鉴》History as a Mirror;Comprehensive History Retold as a Mirror for Rulers
《山海经》The Classic of Mountains and Rivers
《孝经》Book of Filial Piety
《孙子兵法》The Art of War
《三字经》The Three-Character Scripture;The Three-Word Chant
《西厢记》The Romance of West Chamber
《聊斋志异》Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio; Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio
