1、一、高频词汇、短语 民间艺术 folk arts 高雅艺术 refined art 戏剧艺术 theatrical art 电影艺术 cinematographic art 爱国主义精神 patriotism 文化产业 culture industry 文化事业 cultural undertaking 文化交流 cross-cultural communication 文化冲突 culture s
2、hock 乡村文化 rural culture 民族文化 national culture 表演艺术 performing art 文化底蕴 cultural deposit 华夏祖先 the Chinese ancestors 同宗同源 of the same origin 中国文学 Chinese literature 中国武术 Chinese martial art/Kung Fu 中国书法
3、Chinese calligraphy 哲学家 philosopher 四大发明 the four great inventions of ancient China 火药 gunpowder 造纸术 paper-making 印刷术 printing 指南针 the compass 四书 the Four Books 大学 the Great Learning 中庸 the
4、 Doctrine of the Mean 论语 the Analects of Confucius 孟子 the Mencius 孔子 Confucius 孟子 Mencius 老子 Lao Tzu 庄子 Chuang Tzu 墨子 Mo Tzu 孙子 Sun Tzu 中国画 traditional Chinese painting 水墨画
5、 Chinese brush painting; ink and wash painting 武术门派 styles or schools of martial art 习武健身 practice martial art for fitness 古代格斗术 ancient form of combat 武林高手 top martial artist 气功 Qigong; deep breathing exercises 空手道 karate 拳击
6、 boxing 击剑 fencing 跆拳道 tae kwon do 柔道 judo 中国武术协会 Chinese Martial Art Association 武侠小说 tales of roving knights/kung fu novels 汉学家 sinologist 偏旁部首 radical 笔画 stroke 中国热 Sinomania 汉语的四声调
7、 the four tones of Chinese characters 平声 level tone 上声 rising tone 仄声 falling-rising tone 去声 falling tone 孙子兵法 the Art of War 西游记 Journey to the West; Pilgrimage to the West 三国演义 Romance of Three Kingdoms 红
8、楼梦 Dreams of the Red Mansions 水浒传 Heroes of the Marshes; Tales of the Water Margin 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; the Book of Odes 书经 the Book of
9、History 易经 I Ching; the Book of Changes 礼记 the Book of Rites 三字经 three-character scripture/three-word chant 八股文 eight-part essay/stereotyped writing 五言绝句 five-character quatrain 七言律诗 seven-character octave 四合院 quadra
10、ngle 京剧 Peking Opera 独角戏 monodrama 杂技 acrobatics 相声 witty dialogue comedy, standup comedy 马戏 circus show 哑剧 pantomime; mime 踩高跷 stilt walk 说书 story-telling 木偶戏 puppet show 口技
11、 ventriloquism 京剧票友 amateur performer of Peking Opera 篆刻 seal cutting 图章 seal 工艺 workmanship/craftsmanship 手工艺品 handicraft 泥人 clay figure 唐三彩 trio-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty 陶器 pottery
12、 苏绣 Suzhou embroidery 文房四宝 the four stationary treasures of the Chinese study-a writing brush, an ink stick, an ink stone and paper 寓言 fable 神话 mythology 传说 legend 十二生肖 zodiac 公历 gregorian calendar
13、 阴历 lunar calendar 对联 antithetical couplet 天干 heavenly stem 地支 earthly branch 闰年 leap year 二十四节气 the twenty-four solar terms 本命年 one’s year of birth in the circle of twelve years 传统节日 traditional holida
14、ys 春节 Spring Festival 元宵节 Lantern Festival 清明节 Pure Brightness Festival 端午节 dragon boat festival 中秋节 Mid-Autumn Festival 重阳节 Double Ninth Day/the Aged Day 才子佳人 gifted scholars and beautiful ladies 中华文明 Chi
15、nese civilization 朝代 dynasty 中外学者 Chinese and overseas scholars 考古学家 archaeologist 人类学家 anthropologist 进化论 Darwinism 无神论 atheism 宿命论 determinism 启蒙运动 enlightenment 辩证的 dialectic 先知 i
16、lluminati 佛教 Buddhism 儒教 Confucianism 道教 Taoism 形而上学 metaphysics 基督教 Christianity 新教 Protestant 天主教 Catholicism 洗礼 baptism 伊斯兰教 Islam 教堂 Church 寺庙 temple 修道院
17、 abbey 礼拜堂 chapel 斋月 Ramadan; month of fast 喇嘛 Lama 邪教 cult 宗教仪式 religious ritual 异教徒 infidel 宗教矛盾 religious contradictions 孔庙 temple of Confucius 天主教堂 cathed
18、ral 《中高级口译考试词汇必备》 篆书 seal script / seal character 隶书…… official script 行书 running script 草书…… cursive script 楷书…… regular script 拜年 pay a new year visit 爆竹、鞭炮 firecracker 除夕 Eve of Chinese new year 春联 spr
19、ing couplets 辞旧迎新 bring out the old year and ring in the new 饺子 boiled dumpling 锅贴 pot sticker 庙会 temple fair 鸣钟辞旧岁 ring out the old year 年画 traditional new year pictures 年夜饭 the eve feast / family reunion dinner on luna
20、r new year's eve 年终大扫除 year end household cleaning 守岁 stay up late on the new year's eve 压岁钱 new year gift money / money given to children as a new year gift 舞龙 dragon dance 元宵 sweet sticky rice dumplings 花灯 festival lantern 灯谜
21、 lantern riddle 狮子舞 lion dance 清明节 Pure Brightness Festival 扫墓 perform sacrifices to one's ancestors or relatives 祭祖 offer sacrifices to the ancestors 踏青 go for an outing in spring 赛龙舟 dragon-boat race 粽子
22、 pyramid shaped dumpling made by glutinous rice wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves 亡灵 departed soul 忠臣 loyal minister 屈原 the poet 月饼 mooncake 赏月 appreciate the glorious full moon 桂花 sweet osmanthus 赏菊
23、 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum 登高 climb mountain 中药 TCM(traditional chinese medicine) 秦始皇 the first emperor / emperor Qin 皇太后 empress dowager 汉高祖刘邦 founder of the Han dynasty (206 B.C---220 A.D) 文明摇篮 cradle of civilization
24、 明清两代 Ming and Qing dynasties 中华文明 Chinese civilization 历史学家 historian 地理学家 geographer 江南水乡 the south of the lower reaches of Yangtse River 水乡景色 riverside scenery culinary art color, aroma and taste layout cold dish raw materials blending of seasoning art of proper seasoning texture of food slicing techniques suckling pigs pastry yellow rice wine strong white liquor toast take a sip steamed bread/bun calory staple food






