用英语说中国的特色

寒月清波

1.      元宵节： Lantern Festival

2.      刺绣：embroidery

3.      重阳节：Double-Ninth Festival

4.      清明节：Tomb sweeping day

5.      剪纸：Paper Cutting

6.      书法：Calligraphy

7.      对联：(Spring Festival) Couplets

8.      象形文字：Pictograms/Pictographic Characters

9.      人才流动：Brain Drain/Brain Flow

10.  四合院：Siheyuan/Quadrangle

11.  战国：Warring States

12.  风水：Fengshui/Geomantic Omen

13.  铁饭碗：Iron Bowl

14.  函授部：The Correspondence Department

15.  集体舞：Group Dance

16.  黄土高原：Loess Plateau

17.  红白喜事：Weddings and Funerals

18.  中秋节：Mid-Autumn Day

19.  结婚证：Marriage Certificate

20.  儒家文化：Confucian Culture

21.  附属学校：Affiliated school

22.  古装片：Costume Drama

23.  武打片：Chinese Swordplay Movie

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

25.  一国两制：One Country, Two Systems

26.  火锅：Hot Pot

27.  四人帮：Gang of Four

28.  《诗经》：The Book of Songs

29.  素质教育：Essential-qualities-oriented Education

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

31.  大跃进：Great Leap Forward (Movement)

32.  《西游记》：The Journey to the West

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

34.  针灸：Acupuncture

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

36.  中国特色的社会主义：Chinese-charactered Socialist/Socialist with Chinese characteristics

37.  偏旁：radical

38.  孟子：Mencius

39.  亭/阁： Pavilion/ Attic

40.  大中型国有企业：Large and Medium-sized State-owned Enterprises

41.  火药：gunpowder

42.  农历：Lunar Calendar

43.  印/玺：Seal/Stamp

44.  物质精神文明建设：The Construction of Material Civilization and Spiritual Civilization

45.  京剧：Beijing Opera/Peking Opera

46.  秦腔：Crying of Qin People/Qin Opera

47.  太极拳：Tai Chi

48.  独生子女证：The Certificate of One-child

49.  天坛：Altar of  Heaven in Beijing

50.  小吃摊：Snack Bar/Snack Stand

51.  红双喜：Double Happiness

52.  政治辅导员：Political Counselor/School Counselor

53.  春卷：Spring Roll(s)

54.  莲藕：Lotus Root

55.  追星族：Star Struck

56.  故宫博物院：The Palace Museum

57.  相声：Cross-talk/Comic Dialogue

58.  下岗：Lay off/Laid off

59.  北京烤鸭：Beijing Roast Duck

60.  高等自学考试：Self-taught Examination of Higher Education

61.  烟花爆竹：fireworks and firecracker

62.  敦煌莫高窟：Mogao Caves

63.  电视小品：TV Sketch/TV Skit

64.  香港澳门同胞：Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao

65.  文化大革命：Cultural Revolution

66.  长江中下游地区：The Mid-low Reaches of Yangtze River

67.  门当户对：Perfect Match/Exact Match

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

69.  中外合资企业：Joint Ventures

70.  文房四宝（笔墨纸砚）："The Four Treasure of the Study" "Brush, Inkstick, Paper, and Inkstone",