《中高級口譯考試詞匯必備》
篆書 seal script / seal character
隸書…… official script
行書 running script
草書…… cursive script
楷書…… regular script
拜年 pay a new year visit
爆竹、鞭炮 firecracker
除夕 Eve of Chinese new year
春聯 spring couplets
辭舊迎新 bring out the old year and ring in the new
餃子 boiled dumpling
鍋貼 pot sticker
廟會 temple fair
鳴鐘辭舊歲 ring out the old year
年畫 traditional new year pictures
年夜飯 the eve feast / family reunion dinner on lunar new year's eve
年終大掃除 year end household cleaning
守歲 stay up late on the new year's eve
壓歲錢 new year gift money / money given to children as a new year gift
舞龍 dragon dance
元宵 sweet sticky rice dumplings
花燈 festival lantern
燈謎 lantern riddle
獅子舞 lion dance
清明節 Pure Brightness Festival
掃墓 perform sacrifices to one's ancestors or relatives
祭祖 offer sacrifices to the ancestors
踏青 go for an outing in spring
賽龍舟 dragon-boat race
粽子 pyramid shaped dumpling made by glutinous rice wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves
亡靈 departed soul
忠臣 loyal minister
屈原 the poet
月餅 mooncake
賞月 appreciate the glorious full moon
桂花 sweet osmanthus
賞菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum
登高 climb mountain
中藥 TCM(traditional chinese medicine)
秦始皇 the first emperor / emperor Qin
皇太后 empress dowager
漢高祖劉邦 founder of the Han dynasty (206 B.C---220 A.D)
文明搖籃 cradle of civilization
明清兩代 Ming and Qing dynasties
中華文明 Chinese civilization
歷史學家 historian
地理學家 geographer
江南水鄉 the south of the lower reaches of Yangtse River
水鄉景色 riverside scenery