中国元素专有名词的英文表达
发布时间: 2011-11-25 浏览次数: 356

1、中国意念词(Chinesenesses)
八卦 trigram
阴、阳 yin, yang
道 Dao
江湖(世界) the jianghu World (the traits’ world)
e.g. You can’t control everything in a traits’ world. (人在江湖,身不由己)

道 Daoism(Taoism)
上火 excessive internal heat
儒学 Confucianism
红学(《红楼梦》研究) redology
世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia
开放
Chinese openness to the outside world
大锅饭 getting an equal share regardless of the work done
不搞一刀切 no imposing uniformity on …
合乎国情,顺乎民意
to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people
乱摊派,乱收费 imposition of arbitrary quotas and service charge
铁交椅 iron (lifetime) post’s; guaranteed leading post
脱贫 to shake off poverty; anti-poverty
治则兴,乱则衰 Order leads to prosperity and chaos to decline

2、中华民族的喜庆节日(Chinese Festivial)
国庆节 National Day
中秋节 Mid-Autumn Festival
春节 Spring Festival
元宵节 Lantern Festival
儿童节 Children’s Day
端午节 Dragon Boat Festival
妇女节 Women’s Day
泼水节 Water-Splashing Day
教师节 Teachers’ Day
五四青年节 Youth Day

 

3、中国独特的传统饮食(Unique Traditional Chinese Foods)
馄饨
wonton
锅贴 guotie (fried jiaozi)
花卷
steamed twisted rolls
套餐 set meal
盒饭
Chinese take-away
米豆腐 rice tofu
魔芋豆腐 konjak tofu
米粉
rice noodles
冰糖葫芦 a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples,etc.)
火锅
chafing dish
八宝饭
eight-treasure rice pudding
粉丝 glass noodles
豆腐脑
jellied bean curd

4、中国新兴事物(Newly Sprouted Things)
中国电信 China Telecom
中国移动 China Mobile
十五计划
the 10th Five-Year Plan
中国电脑联网 Chinanet
三峡工程 the Three Gorges Project
希望工程
Project Hope
京九铁路 Beijing CKowloon Railway
扶贫工程 Anti-Poverty Project
菜篮子工程 Vegetable Basket Project
温饱工程
Decent-Life Project
安居工程 Economy Housing Project
扫黄
Porn-Purging Campaign
西部大开发 Go-West Campaign

 

5、特有的一些汉语词汇
禅宗 Zen Buddhism
禅 dhyana; dhgaya
混沌 chaos
道 Daosim, the way and its power
无常 anity
五行说 Theory of Five Elements
无我
anatman
坐禅 metta or transcendental meditation
空 sunyata
虚无 nothingness
双喜 double happiness(中),a doubled stroke of luck(英)
小品 witty skits
相声 cross-talk
噱头;掉包袱 gimmick, stunt
夜猫子 night people; night-owls
本命年 this animal year of sb.
处世之道 philosophy of life
姻缘 yinyuan(prefixed fate of marriage)
还愿 redeem a wish (vows)