中国民俗文化英语词汇荟萃解读

中国民俗文化英语词汇荟萃

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常见传统节日及其活动

春节

Spring Festival

拜年

pay a New Year visit

鞭炮，爆竹

firecracker

除夕

Eve of Chinese New Year

春联

Spring couplets

辞旧迎新

ring out the old year and ring in the new

饺子

Jiaozi, 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 Lunar New Year

’

s Eve

年终大扫除

year-end household cleaning

守岁

stay up late on the New Year

’

s Eve

团圆饭

family reunion dinner

压岁钱

New Year gift-money; money given to children as a New Year gift

舞龙

dragon dance

元宵节

Lantern Festival (15th day of the first lunar month)

元宵

sweet sticky rice dumplings

花灯

festival lantern

灯谜

lantern riddle

狮子舞

lion dance

踩高跷

stilt walking

清明节

Pure Brightness Festival/Tomb-sweeping Day (April the 5th)

扫墓

sweep tomb sites of loved ones

祭祖

offer sacrifices to the ancestors

踏青

go for an outing in spring

端午节

dragon Boat Festival (5th of the fifth lunar month)

赛龙舟

dragon boat race

粽子

zongzi (pyramid-shaped dumpling made by glutinous rice wrapped in reed

or bamboo leaves)

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亡灵

Departed soul

忠臣

loyal minister

诗人屈原

Quyuan the poet

中秋节

Moon Festival/Mid- Autumn Day (15th of eighth lhunar month)

月饼

mooncake

赏月

appreciate the glorious full moon

团圆

reunion

桂花

sweet osmanthus

重阳节

Double Ninth Day/the Aged Day

赏菊

admire the beauty of chrysanthemum

登高

climb mountain

中药

TCM (traditional Chinese medicine)

秦始皇帝

First Emperor, Emperor Chin

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传统节日词汇

春节

Spring Festival

元宵节

Lantern Festival

端午节

Dragon Boat Festival

儿童节

Children

’

s Day

妇女节

Women

’

s Day

泼水节

Water-Splashing Day

五四青年节

Youth Day

国庆节

National Day

中秋节

Mia-Autumn Festival

荔枝节

the Litchi Festival

西瓜节

the Water Melon Festival

风筝节

the Kate Festival

教师节

the Teachers’ Day

建军节

the Army Day

七夕节

Chinese Valentine

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s Day

重阳节

Double Ninth Day/the Aged Day

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民俗词汇

赋诗

inscribe a poem

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对对联

matching an antithetical couplet

轿子

sedans

风车

pinwheel

杂技

acrobatics

魔术

magic

拨浪鼓

shaking drum

竹苗

bamboo flute

皮影

shadow puppet

糖人

sugar-molded

四合院

courtyard homes

踩高跷

stilt walk

武术

martial arts

人力车

rickshaw

宫灯

palace lantern

猜拳

finger- guessing game

说书

monologue story-telling

老字号

time-honored

相声

cross talk

拜年

pay a new year call

爆竹

firecracker

鞭炮

a string of small fire crackers

大扫除

year-end household

灯谜

lantern riddles

庙会

temple fair

年画

new year’ s picture

挂年画

to hang o

ut new year’s picture

年夜饭

family reunion dinner on lunar new year

守岁

to stay awake all night

年糕

glutinous cake for new year

大年初一

the first day of the first lunar month

八宝饭

eight- treasure rice pudding

对联

poetic couplets

贴春联

to put up antithetical couplets

糊窗花

to put up window paper-cuts

压岁钱

money given to children as a lunar new year gift

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中国古代四大发明

火药

gunpowder

指南针

compass

造纸术

paper-making techniques

印刷术

paper-printing techniques

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京剧相关词汇

地方戏：

local opera

戏剧脸谱

theatrical mask

生

male characters

旦

female characters

净

painted face characters

末

middle-aged male characters

丑

clown

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中国特有的事务

民间传说

folklores

寓言

fable

传说

legend

神话

mythology

玉皇大帝

God of Heaven

八仙

the Eight Immortals

嫦娥

Chang

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e, the Chinese moon goddess

伏羲

F u Xi, God of Fishery and Husbandry

福禄寿三星

god of fortune, god of prosperity, and god of longevity

财神

god of fortune

灶神

god of the kitchen

公神

Gonggong, God of Water

后羿

Houyi (a legendary hero who shot down nine suns)

黄帝

Yellow Emperor

夸父

Kuafu (a fabled sun-chasing giant )

女娲

Nuwa: a goddess who patches up the sky

盘古

Pan Gu, creator of the universe

神农

Patron of Agriculture

禹

Yu, the reputed founder of the Xia Dynasty

祝融

Zhurong, God of Fire

阳历

solar calendar

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