Festival & Others

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