CET4翻译词汇.doc

中国节日篇相关表达 1.春节 the Spring Festival / Chinese lunar Near Year 农历正月初一 the first day of the first lunar month 农历 lunar calendar 年终大扫除 year-end household cleaning 春联 Spring Festival couplets 年画 New Year pictures 剪纸 paper-cuts 团圆饭 family reunion dinner 饺子 jiaozi 春晚 Spring Festival Gala 守岁 stay up late on the New Year’s Eve 除夕 Eve of Chinese New Year 辞旧迎新 ring out the old year and ring in the new 拜年 pay a New Year visit 红包 red packets 压岁钱 lucky money 放爆竹 let off firecrackers 庙会 temple fair 禁忌 taboo 2.元宵节 Lantern Festival 农历正月十五 15th day of the first lunar month 元宵 rice dumplings 花灯 festival lantern 灯谜 lantern riddle 灯会 exhibit of lanterns 烟花 fireworks 3.端午节 Dragon Boat Festival 农历五月初五 5th of the fifth lunar month 粽子 zongzi 糯米 sticky rice 粽叶 bamboo leaves 舞龙 dragon dance 舞狮 lion dance 踩高跷 stilt walking 赛龙舟 dragon-boat racing 纪念 in memory of 屈原 Quyuan 诗人 poet 忠臣 loyal minister 4.清明节 Tomb-sweeping Day 寒食节 Cold Food Festival 祭拜祖先 offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors 扫墓 sweep graves of one’s ancestors or loved ones 踏青 go for a spring outing 5.中秋节 Mid-Autumn Day / Moon Festival 农历八月十五 15th of the eighth lunar month 月饼 moon cake 赏月 appreciate the glorious full moon 中国神话故事 Chinese mythology 嫦娥 Chang’e 后羿 Hou Yi 长生不老 be immortal 6.重阳节 Double Ninth Day 赏菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum 登高 climb a height 7.七夕节 Double Seventh Day/Chinese Valentines Day 银河 the Milky Way 鹊桥 bridge of magpies 牛郎 Cowherd 织女 the Weaving Maid 王母娘娘 the Queen of Heaven 乞巧 praying-for-cleverness 女红 needlework 中国文化篇相关表达 1. 中国文化 四大发明 the four great inventions of ancient China 火药 gunpowder 印刷术 printing 造纸术 paper-making 指南针 the compass 文房四宝” Four Treasures of the Study 笔 writing brush 墨 ink stick 纸 paper 砚 ink slab 书法 calligraphy 中国画 traditional Chinese painting 水墨画 Chinese brush painting 雕刻 sculpture 泥人 clay figure 武术 martial arts 京剧 Peking opera 昆曲 Kunqu opera 相声 cross talk 中药 traditional Chinese medicine 中国结 Chinese knot 唐装 Tang suit 四合院 courtyard house 红茶 black tea 绿茶 green tea 功夫茶 Gong