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中国文化术语翻译 Unit 1 焚书坑儒　　burn books and bury Confucian scholars alive 牛郎织女　　the Cowherd and the Girl Weaver 封建礼教　　feudal ethical codes 善有善报，恶有恶报 Good will be rewarded with good and evil repaid with evil ? ? Unit 2 饮食疗法　　dietotherapy 色香味　　color, aroma and taste 美食家　　gourmet 南甜北咸东辣西酸 Sweet in the south, salty in the north, sour in the west and spicy in the east. 中国四大菜系　　Grand Four Categories of Chinese Cuisine 点心　　Dim Sum 鉴别诊断　　differential diagnosis 礼仪之邦　　land of ceremony and propriety 良药苦口　　Good medicine tastes bitter. ? ? Unit 3 衣食住行　　clothing, food, shelter and transportation 曲裾　　curving-front robe 直裾　　straight-front robe ? ? Unit 4 道家四象　　the four Taoist quadrants 风水先生　　a geomancer 皇陵　　the imperial mausoleum 宗庙或祠堂　　the ancestral temple 天坛　　the Temple of Heaven 塔　　pagoda 莫高窟　　the Mogao Grottoes 天人合一　　unity of Heaven and man ? ? Unit 5 世界遗产名录　　List of World Heritage 金丝猴　　golden snub-nosed monkey 人间仙境　　Fairy Land on Earth 五岳　　Five Sacred Mountains 有眼不识泰山 One who fails to recognize a somebody has been compared to a person unable to see Mt.Tai. 稳如泰山　　as stable as Mt. Tai 会当凌绝顶，一览众山小 Only by ascending Mt. Tai will you find how dwarfish all mountains under heaven are. 五岳归来不看山，黄山归来不看岳 I find it no longer worth my while to look at a mountain after visiting the five sacred mountains. No longer do I find it worth my while to look at the sacred five after returning from Huangshan. ? ? Unit 6 烽火台　　beacon tower 天下第一关　　the World’s First Pass 故宫　　the Palace Museum（the Forbidden City） 秦始皇陵　　Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 《史记》　　The Historical Records 兵马俑　　Terra cotta legions 释迦牟尼　　Sakyamuni ? ? Unit 7 春节　　the Spring Festival 元宵节　　the Lantern Festival 清明节　　Tomb Sweeping Day or the Clear Bright Festival 端午节　　the Dragon Boat Festival 中秋节　　the Mid-Autumn Festival 重阳节　　the Double Ninth Festival 泼水节　　Water Sprinkling Festival 那达慕　　the Nadam Fair 火把节　　the Torch Festival 阴历　　the lunar calendar 公历　　Gregorian calendar 年糕　　sticky cakes 红包　　lucky money in little red envelopes 春联　　spring coupl