十二生肖the twelve Chinese zodiac signs
本命年one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches 传统节日traditional holidays
春节the Spring Festival
元宵节the Lantern Festival (15th day of the first lunar month)
清明节the Pure Brightness Festival / the Tomb-sweeping Day (April the 5th)
端午节the Dragon Boat Festival (5th of the fifth lunar month)
中秋节the Moon Festival / the Mid-Autumn Day (15th of the eight lunar month) 重阳节the Double Ninth Day / the Aged Day
一、中国传统文化
民间传说folklores
寓言fable
传说legend
神话mythology
古为今用,洋为中用make the past serve the present and the foreign serve china 赋诗inscribe a poem
对对联matching an antithetical couplet
二、中国天干地支等
阳历solar calendar
公历Gregorian calendar
阴历lunar calendar
天干heavenly stem
地支earthly branch
闰年leap year
二十四节气the twenty-four solar terms
一、中国的那些戏剧文化
皮影戏shadow play; leather-silhouette show
说书story-telling
叠罗汉make a human pyramid
折子戏opera highlights
踩高跷stilt walk
哑剧pantomime; mime
哑剧演员pantomimist
戏剧小品skit
马戏circus show
单口相声monologue comic talk, standup comedy
特技表演stunt
相声witty dialogue comedy, comic cross talk
杂技acrobatics
京韵大鼓the traditional story-telling in Beijing dialect with drum accompaniment 秦腔Shaanxi opera
二、那些中国特有的绝技&瑰宝
习武健身practice martial art for fitness
气功qigong, deep breathing exercises
篆刻seal cutting upriteous
工艺, 手艺workmanship / craftsmanship
卷轴scroll
蜡染batik
泥人clay figure
漆画lacquer painting
唐三彩Trio-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty
景泰蓝cloisonné
文房四宝The four stationery treasures of the Chinese study --- a writing brush, an ink stick, an ink stone and paper
一、艺术相关词汇怎么说
文人men of letters
雅士refined scholars
表演艺术performing art
现代流行艺术popular art, pop art
纯艺术high art
高雅艺术refined art
电影艺术cinematographic art
戏剧艺术theatrical art
才子佳人gifted scholars and beautiful ladies
二、国粹里的那些”术语“
生(男性正面角色) male (the positive male role)
旦(女性正面角色) female (the positive female role)
净(性格鲜明的男性配角) a supporting male role with striking character 丑(幽默滑稽或反面角色) a clown or a negative role
花脸painted role
歌舞喜剧musical
滑稽场面, 搞笑小噱头shtick
滑稽短剧skit
京剧人物脸谱Peking Opera Mask
一、近现代大师的佳作
《围城》Fortress Besieged
《阿Q正传》The True Story of Ah Q
《吾国吾民》My Country and My People
《京华烟云》Moment in Peking
《骆驼祥子》Rickshaw/James
《茶馆》Teahouse
《边城》The Border Town
《倾城之恋》Love in a Fallen City
《十八春》（《倾城之恋》）Eighteen Springs
二、中华文化遗产拾珠
重要文化遗产major cultural heritage
优秀民间艺术outstanding folk arts
文物cultural relics
中国画traditional Chinese painting
书法calligraphy
水墨画Chinese brush painting; ink and wash painting
工笔traditional Chinese realistic painting
中国结Chinese knot
旗袍Cheongsam
中山装Chinese tunic suit
唐装traditional Chinese garments (clothing)，Tang suit
一、假期霸屏的那些中国四大名著
《三国演义》Three Kingdoms
《西游记》Journey to the West; Pilgrimage to the West
《水浒传》Heroes of the Marshes; Tales of the Water Margin
《红楼梦》Dream of the Red Mansions
二、那些我们耳熟能详的经典作品
《史记》Historical Records
《资治通鉴》History as a Mirror;Comprehensive History Retold as a Mirror for Rulers
《山海经》The Classic of Mountains and Rivers
《孝经》Book of Filial Piety
《孙子兵法》The Art of War
《三字经》The Three-Character Scripture;The Three-Word Chant
《西厢记》The Romance of West Chamber
《聊斋志异》Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio; Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio
一、汉语的那些秘密
小编啰嗦一句：汉语是世界上最美的文字，没有之一
汉字 Chinese character
单音节 single syllable
汉语四声调 the four tones of Chinese characters
阳平 level tone
阴平 rising tone
上声 falling-rising tone
去声 falling tone
五言绝句 five-character quatrain
七言律诗 seven-character octave
八股文 eight-part essay; stereotyped writing
二、课本中的四书五经你忘了嘛？
四书五经 The Four Books and The Five Classics
1、四书 the Four Books
《大学》 The Great Learning
《中庸》 The Doctrine of the Mean
《论语》 The Analects of Confucius
《孟子》 The Mencius/The Works of Mencius
2、五经 The Five Classics
《春秋》 the Spring and Autumn Annals
《诗经》 The Books of Songs;The Book of Odes
《易经》（《周易》） I Ching; The Book of Changes 《礼记》 The Book of Rites
《尚书》（《书经》） The Books of History。