功夫Kungfo 太极Tai Chi 口 技 ventriloquism 木偶戏puppet show 皮影戏 shadowplay 折子戏 opera highlights 杂技 acrobatics
相声 witty dialogue comedy 刺绣 embroidery 苏绣 Suzhou embroidery 泥人 clay figure 书法 calligraphy
中国画 traditional Chinese painting 水墨画 Chinese brush painting 中国结 Chinese knot
中国古代四大发明 the four great inventions of ancient China 火药 gunpowder 印刷术printing 造纸术 paper-making 指南针 the compass
青铜器 bronze ware 瓷器 porcelain; china
唐三彩 tri-color glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty 景泰蓝cloisonne 秋千swing 武术 martial arts 儒家思想Confucianism 儒家文化 Confucian culture 道教 Taoism 墨家Mohism 法家 Legalism 佛教 Buddhism 孔子 Confucius 孟子 Mencius 老子 Lao Tzu 庄子 Chuang Tzu 墨子 Mo Tzu 孙子Sun Tzu
象形文字 pictographic characters
文房四宝（笔墨纸观）the Four Treasures of the Study (brush, ink stick, paper, and ink stone)
《大学》The Great Learning
《中庸》The Doctrine of the Mean 《论语》The Analects of Confucius 《孟子》The Mencius 《孙子兵法》The Art of War 《三国演义》Three Kingdoms 《西游爷己》Journey to the West 《红楼梦》Dream of the Red Mansions 《水浒传》Heroes of the Marshes
《山海经》The Classic of Mountains and Rivers 《资治通鉴》History as a Mirror 《春秋》The Spring and Autumn Annals 《史记》Historical Records 《诗经》The Book of Songs
《易经》The I Ching; The Book of Changes 《礼记》The Book of Rites
《三字经》Three-character Scriptures 八股文 eight-part essay 五言绝句 five-character quatrain 七言律诗 seven-character octave 旗袍 cheongsam 中山装 Chinese tunic suit 唐装 Tang suit
风水 Fengshui; geomantic omen 阳历 Solar calendar 阴历 Lunar calendar 闰年 leap year 十二生肖zodiac 春节 the Spring Festival 元宵节 the Lantern Festival 清明节 the Tomb-sweeping Day 端午节 the Dragon-boat Festival 中秋节 the Mid-autumn Day 重阳节 the Double-ninth Day 七夕节 the Double-seventh Day 春联 spring couplets 庙会 temple fair 爆竹 firecracker
年画（traditional) New Year pictures 压岁钱 New Year gift-money 舞龙dragon dance
元宵 sweet sticky rice dumplings 花灯 festival lantern 灯谜 lantern riddle 舞狮 lion dance
踩高跷 stilt walking 赛龙舟 dragon boat race 胡同hutong
山东菜 Shandong cuisine 川菜 Sichuan cuisine 粤菜 Canton cuisine 扬州菜 Yangzhou cuisine 月饼 moon cake 年糕 rice cake
油条 deep-fried dough sticks 豆浆 soybean milk 馒头 steamed buns 花卷 steamed twisted rolls 包子 steamed stuffed buns 北京烤鸭 Beijing roast duck 拉面 hand-stretched noodles 馄饨 wonton (dumplings in soup) 豆腐 tofu? bean curd 麻花 fried dough twist 烧饼 clay oven rolls
皮蛋 100-year egg; century egg 蛋炒饭 fried rice with egg
糖葫芦 tomatoes on sticks 火锅hot pot
长城 the Great Wall of China 烽火台 beacon tower
秦士台皇陵 the Mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang 兵马俑 Terracotta Warriors and Horses 大雁塔 Big Wild Goose Pagoda 丝绸之路the Silk Road 敦煌莫高窟Mogao Grottoes 华清池 Huaqing Hot Springs 五台山\"Wutai Mountain 九华山 Jiuhua Mountain 蛾眉山Mount Emei 泰山 Mount Tai
黄山 Mount Huangshan; the Yellow Mountain 故宫 the Imperial Palace 天坛 the Temple of Heaven 午门 Meridian Gate 大运河 Grand Canal 护城河the Moat 回音壁Echo Wall 居庸关 Juyongguan Pass
九龙壁 the Nine Dragon Wall
黄帝陵 the Mausoleum of Emperor Huangdi 十三陵 the Ming Tombs 苏州园林 Suzhou gardens
中国社会
多元文化论 cultural pluralism 文化适应 acculturation 社会保障 social security 班车 shuttle bus
相定迁户 a relocated unit or household
大龄青年 single youth above the normal matrimonial age 独生子女 the only child in a family 单亲 single parent 福利彩票 welfare lotteries
家政服务 household management service 民工 migrant laborers 名人 celebrity
农村剩余劳动力 surplus rural labor/laborers 青春期 puberty
全民健身运动 nationwide fitness campaign 全国人口普查 nationwide census
社会保险 social insurance
暂住证 temporary residence permit/card 青少年犯罪 juvenile delinquency 性骚扰 sexual harassment 走私 smuggling
*性另歧视 gender/sexual discrimination 年龄歧视 age discrimination 工作歧视 job discrimination 享乐主义hedonism 文盲 illiteracy
贫富分化 disparity between the rich and the poor 盗版 pirated/illegal copies
一国两制 One Country, Two Systems 三个代表 the Three Represents Theory
两会（人大、政协）Two Conferences (NPC and CPPCC) 南南合作 South-South Cooperation 南北对话 North-South Dialog
人大常委会 People’s Congress Standing Committee 法制观念 awareness of law
法制国家 a country with an adequate legal system 改革开放 reform and opening-up 公务员 civil servants
官僚主义作风 the bureaucratic style of work 和谐并存 harmonious coexistence 计划生育 family planning
计划生育基本国策 the basic state policy of family planning 4青才申文明建设 the construction of spiritual civilization 居委会 neighborhood committee
科教兴国 national rejuvenation through science and education 可持续发展 sustainable development 廉洁高效 honesty and high efficiency 两岸关系 cross-straits relations 两岸谈判 cross-straits negotiations 领 土完整 territorial integrity 民族精神 national spirit 普选制 general election system
求同存异 seek common ground while shelving differences 人大代表NPC member
物质文明和精神文明 material and spiritual civilization 小康社会 a well-off society 小康水平 a well-off standard 一个中国原则 the one-China principle 与时俱进 keep pace with the times 综合国力 overall national strength
共同愿望common desire “走出去”（战略）going global 不结盟 non-alignment 单边主义 unilateralism 多边政策 multilateralism 多极世界 multipolar world 人 口 老龄化 aging of population 人口出生率birth rate
社区月服务 community service 道德法庭 court of ethics 盗用公款embezzlement 成人夜校 night school for adults 在职进修班 on-job training courses
政治思想教育 political and ideological education 毕业生分酉己 graduate placement; assignment of graduate 充电 update one’s knowledge 初等教育 elementary education 大学城 college town 大学社区 college community 高等教育 higher education
高等教育“211 工程” the “211 Project” for higher education 高等学府 institution of higher education
综合性大学 comprehensive university 文科院校 colleges of (liberal) arts
理工科大学 college / university of science and engineering 师范学院 teachers’ college; normal college 高分低能 high scores and low abilities 高考(university/college) entrance examination 高校扩招 the college expansion plan 教育界 education circle 教育投入 input in education
九年义务教育 nine-year compulsory education 考研 take the entrance exams for postgraduate schools
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