节日类：1.年节买年货：special for the Spring Festival红包：red packets / red envelope舞狮：lion dance舞龙：dragon dance除夕：Chinese New Year’s Eve/ Eve of the Spring Festival春晚：Spring Festival Gala烟花爆竹：fireworks and firecrackers守岁：staying-up拜年：give New Year's greetings/ New Year's visit去晦气：get rid of the ill-fortune压岁钱：gift money/ money given to children as a lunar New Year gift除旧岁： farewell to the old year春联：(Spring Festival)年画：New Year painting庙会：temple fair元宵节：Lantern Festival元宵：Tangyuan/ sweet rice dumpling灯谜：lantern全家团圆：family2.清明清明节：Tomb-sweeping Day/ Qingming Festival/ Ching Ming/ Chinese Memorial Day/' Day寒食：Cold Food Festival/ Hanshi Day/ the day before Pure Brightness when only cold food is served扫墓：sweep a grave/ pay respect to a dead person at his / visit ones grave祭祀：offer sacrifices. to the gods or the spirits of the dead纸钱：spiritual money先人：ancestor/踏青：have an outing in spring青团：Qingtuan: green dumplings made of rice and grass出行高峰：travel peak3.端午端午节：Dragon Boat Festival粽子：zongzi, -shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice, stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or leaves雄黄酒： wine赛龙舟：dragon boat race佩香囊：wear a . They first sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, then fill the bags with perfumes or herbal medicines, and finally string them with silk thread.系五彩线：tie five colored rings驱五毒：drive away the five poisonous creatures/ drive away poisonous pests, including, , , house and.游百病：prevent disease by having fun/ Entertainment for all is said to off disease.农历五月初五：the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar楚国：the antient state of Chu投江自尽：drown oneself纪念：菖蒲：艾草：驱邪避疫：prevent disease or evil4.中秋及其他中秋节：Mid-Autumn Festival月饼：moon cake赏月：watch and admire the moon皎洁：(of moonlight) bright and clean 玉兔：Jade Rabbit嫦娥：Chang’e中元节：Ghost Festival七夕： Festival重阳节：Double Ninth Festival5.节气及其他节气：seasonal division points立春：spring begins惊鸷：insects awaken雨水：the rains春分：谷雨：grain rain立夏：summer begins小满： fullness芒种：grain in ear夏至：summer小暑：sight heat大暑：great heat立秋：autumn begins处暑：end of heat白露：white dew秋分：autumn equinox寒露：cold dews霜降：-frost falls立冬：winter begins小雪：light snow大雪：heavy snow冬至：winter solstice小寒：slight coldness大寒：great coldness地支：Earthly Branch天干：Heavenly生肖：Chinese阴历：solar calendar闰年：leap year文学思想类：儒家文化：Confucian culture儒家学派：Confucianism孔子：Confucius孟子：Mencius四书：the Four Books五经：the Five Classics《诗经》：The Book of Songs《史记》：Historical Records/ Records of the Grand Historian 《西游记》：The Journey to the West《水浒传》：Water《红楼梦》：A Dream in Red工艺器物类：中国古代四大发明：the four great inventions of ancient China 火药：gunpowder造纸术：paper-making印刷术：printing指南针：compass瓷器：/ china陶器：pottery/漆器：玉石：jade唐三彩：tricolor pottery of the Tang Dynasty景泰蓝：cloisonné蜡染：旗袍：唐装：Tang Suit中国结：Chinese knot亭/阁：/刺绣：虎头鞋：tiger-head-shoes宫灯：palace lantern木/石/竹刻：wood/ stone/ bamboo木刻画：wood泥人儿：clay figure剪纸：paper cut皮影：shadow puppet双面绣：two-sided embroidery檀香扇： fan微雕： engraving象牙雕刻： carving书法绘画类：甲骨文： on bones or shells of the Shang Dynasty象形文字：/ pictographic characters偏旁：繁体字：traditional Chinese characters书法：calligraphy楷书：regular script麦秸画：straw漆画： painting中国画：Chinese painting水墨画：Chinese brush drawing / ink and wash painting 文人画：literati painting仕女画：traditional Chinese painting of beautiful women 吴派山水：Wu school landscape金碧山水：gold-and—green landscape草虫画：grasses and insects painting泼墨山水： ink landscape气韵：spirit and charm/ tone侧锋：brush-side technique笔法：brush style写意画：free sketch/ freehand brushwork文房四宝（笔墨纸砚）：the four treasure of the study, brush, ink stick, paper, and ink stone印/玺：seal/ stamp篆刻：seal cutting拓碑：making rubbings from inscriptions/ pictures on stone tablets拓片：rubbing历史类：春秋the Spring and Autumn Period战国：Warring States丝绸之路：Silk Road鸦片战争：the War辛亥革命：the Revolution of 1911大跃进：Great Leap Forward (Movement)四人帮：Gang of Four文化大革命：Cultural Revolution红卫兵：Red Guard太监：缠足：foot-binding生活习俗类：民俗：四合院：Siheyuan/ Quadrangle风水：Fengshui/红白喜事：weddings and funerals集体舞：group dance小吃摊：snack bar/ snack stand茶馆：teahouse/ teabar铁饭碗：iron bowl结婚证：marriage certificate剩女：leftover woman古装片：costume drama武打片：Chinese swordplay movie戏曲：traditional opera杂耍：vaudeville京剧：Beijing Opera/Peking Opera京剧脸谱：types of facial makeup in Beijing opera 生：male characters末：middle-aged male characters净：”painted face” characters旦：female characters丑：clown秦腔：Qin Opera相声：cross-talk/ comic dialogue电视小品：TV sketch/ TV skit太极拳：Tai Chi/ shadowboxing门当户对：perfect match/ exact match门神：door gods对联：poetic couplet龙图腾：the dragon totem中医:traditional Chinese medicine针灸：国家中医药管理局：State Administration of TCM社会政治类：一国两制：one country, two systerms中国特色社会主义：Chinese-character Socialist/Socialist with Chinese characteristics 大中型国有企业：large and medium-sized State-owned enterprises合资企业：joint venture物质精神文明建设：construction of material and spiritual civilization下岗：lay off/ laid off地理名胜类：黄土高原：长江中下游地区：The Mid-low Reaches of Yangtze River天坛：Altar of Heaven in Beijing故宫博物院：The Palace Museum御花园：imperial garden莫高窟：Mogao Caves西湖：West Lake兵马俑： Warriors/ Army美食类：馄饨：wonton锅贴：guotie (fried jiaozi)花卷：steamed twisted rolls套餐：set meal盒饭：box lunch/ Chinese take-away米豆腐：rice tofu魔芋豆腐： tofu米粉：rice noodles冰糖葫芦：a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples,etc.)火锅：chafing dish/ hot pot八宝饭：eight-treasure rice pudding粉丝：glass noodles豆腐脑：jellied bean curd酱油：soy sauce臭豆腐：stinky tofu大闸蟹：Chinese crab春卷：spring roll年糕：rice cake本帮菜：local cuisine舌尖上的中国：A Bite of China宗教及其他：禅宗：Zen Buddhism道教：Taoism神道教：Shiutoism佛教：Buddhism和尚：财神：the God of Wealth土地神：Local God of the Land龙王：Dragon King寿：longevity福：good fortune 和：harmony。