常用中华名词英文翻译

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

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常用中华名词英文翻译

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. ：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. ：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

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常用中华名词英文翻译

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) . 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

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常用中华名词英文翻译

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

. 同胞：Compatriots from and 65. ：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

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