1. 大躍進(jìn):Great Leap Forward (Movement)
2. 《西游記》:The Journey to the West
3. 除夕:Chinese New Year’s Eve/Eve of the Spring Festival
4. 針灸:Acupuncture
5. 唐三彩:Tri-color Pottery of the Tang Dynasty/ The Tang Tri-colored pottery
6. 中國(guó)特色的社會(huì)主義:Chinese-charactered Socialist/Socialist with Chinese characteristics
7. 偏旁:radical
8. 孟子:Mencius
9. 亭/閣: Pavilion/ Attic
10. 大中型國(guó)有企業(yè):Large and Medium-sized State-owned Enterprises
11. 火藥:gunpowder
12. 農(nóng)歷:Lunar Calendar
13. 印/璽:Seal/Stamp
14. 物質(zhì)精神文明建設(shè):The Construction of Material Civilization and Spiritual Civilization
15. 京劇:Beijing Opera/Peking Opera
秦腔:Crying of Qin People/Qin Opera
太極拳:Tai Chi
獨(dú)生子女證:The Certificate of One-child
天壇:Altar of Heaven in Beijing
小吃攤:Snack Bar/Snack Stand
紅雙喜:Double Happiness
政治輔導(dǎo)員:Political Counselor/School Counselor
春卷:Spring Roll(s)
蓮藕:Lotus Root
追星族:Star Struck
故宮博物院:The Palace Museum
中國(guó)意念詞(Chinesenesses)
八卦 trigram
陰、陽(yáng) 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
儒學(xué) Confucianism
紅學(xué)(《紅樓夢(mèng)》研究) redology
世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia
開(kāi)放 kaifang (Chinese openness to the outside world)
大鍋飯 getting an equal share regardless of the work done
傷痕文學(xué) scar literature or the literature of the wounded
不搞一刀切 no imposing uniformity on …
合乎國(guó)情,順乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people
亂攤派,亂收費(fèi) imposition of arbitrary quotas and service charge
鐵交椅 iron (lifetime) post’s; guaranteed leading post
脫貧 to shake off poverty; anti-poverty
治則興,亂則衰 Order leads to prosperity and chaos to decline