====== Festival & Others ====== - 元宵节: Lantern Festival - 刺绣:embroidery - 重阳节:Double-Ninth Festival - 清明节:Tomb sweeping day - 剪纸:Paper Cutting - 书法:Calligraphy - 对联:(Spring Festival) Couplets - 象形文字:Pictograms/Pictographic Characters - 人才流动:Brain Drain/Brain Flow - 四合院:Siheyuan/Quadrangle - 战国:Warring States - 风水:Fengshui/Geomantic Omen - 铁饭碗:Iron Bowl - 函授部:The Correspondence Department - 集体舞:Group Dance - 黄土高原:Loess Plateau - 红白喜事:Weddings and Funerals - 中秋节:Mid-Autumn Day - 结婚证:Marriage Certificate - 儒家文化:Confucian Culture - 附属学校:Affiliated school - 古装片:Costume Drama - 武打片:Chinese Swordplay Movie - 元宵:Tangyuan/Sweet Rice Dumpling (Soup) - 一国两制:One Country, Two Systems - 火锅:Hot Pot - 四人帮:Gang of Four - 《诗经》:The Book of Songs - 素质教育:Essential-qualities-oriented Education - 《史记》:Historical Records/Records of the Grand Historian - 大跃进:Great Leap Forward (Movement) - 《西游记》:The Journey to the West - 除夕:Chinese New Year’s Eve/Eve of the Spring Festival - 针灸:Acupuncture - 唐三彩:Tri-color Pottery of the Tang Dynasty/ The Tang Tri-colored pottery - 中国特色的社会主义:Chinese-charactered Socialist/Socialist with Chinese characteristics - 偏旁:radical - 孟子:Mencius - 亭/阁: Pavilion/ Attic - 大中型国有企业:Large and Medium-sized State-owned Enterprises - 火药:gunpowder - 农历:Lunar Calendar - 印/玺:Seal/Stamp - 物质精神文明建设:The Construction of Material Civilization and Spiritual Civilization - 京剧:Beijing Opera/Peking Opera - 秦腔:Crying of Qin People/Qin Opera - 太极拳:Tai Chi - 独生子女证:The Certificate of One-child - 天坛:Altar of Heaven in Beijing - 小吃摊:Snack Bar/Snack Stand - 红双喜:Double Happiness - 政治辅导员:Political Counselor/School Counselor - 春卷:Spring Roll(s) - 莲藕:Lotus Root - 追星族:Star Struck - 故宫博物院:The Palace Museum - 相声:Cross-talk/Comic Dialogue - 下岗:Lay off/Laid off - 北京烤鸭:Beijing Roast Duck - 高等自学考试:Self-taught Examination of Higher Education - 烟花爆竹:fireworks and firecracker - 敦煌莫高窟:Mogao Caves - 电视小品:TV Sketch/TV Skit - 香港澳门同胞:Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao - 文化大革命:Cultural Revolution - 长江中下游地区:The Mid-low Reaches of Yangtze River - 门当户对:Perfect Match/Exact Match - 《水浒》:Water Margin/Outlaws of the Marsh - 中外合资企业:Joint Ventures - 文房四宝(笔墨纸砚):"The Four Treasure of the Study" "Brush, Inkstick, Paper, and Inkstone" - 兵马俑:cotta Warriors/ Terracotta Army - 旗袍:cheongsam