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

西湖West Lake

九寨沟Jiuzhaigou Valley

日月潭Sun Moon Lake

布达拉宫Potala Palace

鼓楼drum tower

四合院quadrangle; courtyard complex

孔庙Confucius Temple

乐山大佛Leshan Giant Buddha

十八罗汉the Eighteen Disciples of the Buddha

喇嘛Lama

转世灵重reincarnated soul boy 中药traditional Chinese medicine

《黄帝内经》Emperor Huangdi，s Canon of Traditional Chinese Medicine

《神农本草经》Shennong，s Herbal Classic

《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Medica

针灸acupuncture

推拿medical massage

切脉feeling the pulse

五禽戏five-animal exercises

旧石器时代the Paleolithic Age

新石器时代the Neolithic Age; New Stone Age

母系氏族社会matriarchal clan society

封建的feudal

朝代dynasty

秦朝Qin Dynasty

汉朝Han Dynasty

唐朝Tang Dynasty

宋朝Song Dynasty

元朝Yuan Dynasty

明朝Ming Dynasty

清朝Qing Dynasty

秦士台皇帝Emperor Qinshihuang; the First Emperor of Qin

皇太后Empress Dowager

汉高祖刘邦Liu Bang, Emperor Hangaozu, founder of the Han Dynasty

成吉思汗Genghis Khan

春秋时期the Spring and Autumn Period

文成公主Tang Princess Wencheng

慈禧太后Empress Dowager Ci Xi

皇帝，君主emperor; monarch

诸侯vassal

皇妃imperial concubine

丞相，宰相prime minister

太监court eunuch

少数民族ethnic minority

祭祀offer sacrifices

西域the Western Regions

战国the Warring States

中华文明Chinese civilization

文明的摇篮cradle of civilization

秦始皇统一中国unification of the country by Emperor Qinshihuang

鸦片战争the Opium War

太平天国the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

戌戌变法the Reform Movement of 1898

辛亥革命the 1911 Revolution

新民主主义革命New-democratic Revolution

五四运动the May 4th Movement of 1919

南昌起义Nanchang Uprising

918 事变September 18th Incident

长征the Long March

西安事变Xi"an Incident

南京大屠杀Nanjing Massacre

抗日战争the War of Resistance Against Japan

毛泽东Mao Tse-tong

孙中山Sun Yat-sen

蒋介石Chiang Kai-shek

国民党Kuomingtang

中华人民共和国the People’s Republic of China (PRC)

满族Manchu

蒙古人Mongol

士大夫scholar-officials

学者scholar

诗人poet

政治家statesman

社会地位social status

中国社会词汇

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

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