英语六级翻译中的中国风汇总英语六级翻译中的中国风汇总.docVIP

节日类： 1.年节 买年货：special purchases for the Spring Festival 红包：red packets / red envelope 舞狮：lion dance 舞龙：dragon dance 除夕：Chinese New Year’s Eve/ Eve of the Spring Festival 春晚：Spring Festival Gala 烟花爆竹：fireworks and firecrackers 守岁：staying-up 拜年：give New Years greetings/ New Years visit 去晦气：get rid of the ill-fortune 压岁钱：gift money/ money given to children as a lunar New Year gift 除旧岁：bid farewell to the old year 春联：(Spring Festival) couplets 年画：New Year painting 庙会：temple fair 元宵节：Lantern Festival 元宵：Tangyuan/ sweet rice dumpling 灯谜：lantern riddle 全家团圆：family reunion 2.清明 清明节：Tomb-sweeping Day/ Qingming Festival/ Ching Ming/ Chinese Memorial Day/Ancestors Day 寒食：Cold Food Festival/ Hanshi Day/ the day before Pure Brightness when only cold food is served 扫墓：sweep a grave/ pay respect to a dead person at his tomb/ visit ones grave 祭祀：offer sacrifices. to the gods or the spirits of the dead 纸钱：spiritual money 先人：ancestor/ forefather 踏青：have an outing in spring 青团：Qingtuan: green dumplings made of glutinous rice and barley grass 出行高峰：travel peak 3.端午 端午节：Dragon Boat Festival 粽子：zongzi, pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice, stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves 雄黄酒：realgar wine 赛龙舟：dragon boat race 佩香囊：wear a sachet. They first sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, then fill the bags with perfumes or herbal medicines, and finally string them with silk thread. 系五彩线：tie five colored rings 驱五毒：drive away the five poisonous creatures/ drive away poisonous pests, includingscorpions, vipers, centipedes, house lizards andtoads. 游百病：prevent disease by having fun/ Entertainment for all is said to ward off disease. 农历五月初五：the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar 楚国：the antient state of Chu 投江自尽：drown oneself 纪念：commemorate 菖蒲：calamus 艾草：wormwood 驱邪避疫：prevent disease or evil 4.中秋及其他 中秋节：Mid-Autumn Festival 月饼：moon cake 赏月：watch and admire the moon 皎洁：(of moonlight) bright and clean 玉兔：Jade Rabbit 嫦娥：Chang’e 中元节：Gho