中国独特文化的英语表达方式

　　托福作文和口语中，经常会有需要考生做介绍，文化和对比话题考生通常倾向于使用本国自己的所见所谓来描述，但是中国有很多国外没有的词语，他们怎么说?下面是中国传统词汇英文盘点，快看看吧。

　　1.元宵节： Lantern Festival

　　2.对联：(Spring Festival) Couplets

　　3.清明节：Tomb sweeping day

　　4.刺绣：embroidery

　　5.重阳节：Double-Ninth Festival

　　6.剪纸：Paper Cutting

　　7.书法：Calligraphy

　　8.象形文字：Pictograms/Pictographic Characters

　　9.人才流动：Brain Drain/Brain Flow

　　10.四合院：Siheyuan/Quadrangle

　　11.战国：Warring States

　　12.风水：Fengshui/Geomantic Omen

　　13.铁饭碗：Iron Bowl

　　14.函授部：The Correspondence Department

　　15.集体舞：Group Dance

　　16.黄土高原：Loess Plateau

　　17.红白喜事：Weddings and Funerals

　　18.中秋节：Mid-Autumn Day

　　19.结婚证：Marriage Certificate

　　20.儒家文化：Confucian Culture

　　21.附属学校：Affiliated school

　　22.古装片：Costume Drama

　　23.武打片：Chinese Swordplay Movie

　　24.元宵：Tangyuan/Sweet Rice Dumpling (Soup)

　　25.一国两制：One Country, Two Systems

　　26.火锅：Hot Pot

　　27._：Gang of Four

　　28.《诗经》：The Book of Songs

　　29.素质教育：Essential-qualities-oriented Education

　　30.《史记》：Historical Records/Records of the Grand Historian

　　31.大跃进：Great Leap Forward (Movement)

　　32.《西游记》：The Journey to the West

　　33.除夕：Chinese New Year’s Eve/Eve of the Spring Festival

　　34.针灸：Acupuncture

　　35.唐三彩：Tri-color Pottery of the Tang Dynasty/ The Tang Tri-colored pottery

　　36.中国特色的社会主义：Chinese-charactered Socialist/Socialist with Chinese characteristics

　　37.偏旁：radical

　　38.孟子：Mencius

　　39.亭/阁： Pavilion/ Attic

　　40.大中型国有企业：Large and Medium-sized State-owned Enterprises

　　41.火药：gunpowder

　　42.农历：Lunar Calendar

　　43.印/玺：Seal/Stamp

　　44.物质精神文明建设：The Construction of Material Civilization and Spiritual Civilization

　　45.京剧：Beijing Opera/Peking Opera

　　46.秦腔：Crying of Qin People/Qin Opera

　　47.太极拳：Tai Chi

　　48.独生子女证：The Certificate of One-child

　　49.天坛：Altar of Heaven in Beijing

　　50.小吃摊：Snack Bar/Snack Stand

　　51.红双喜：Double Happiness

　　52.政治辅导员：Political Counselor/School Counselor

　　53.春卷：Spring Roll(s)

　　54.莲藕：Lotus Root

　　55.追星族：Star Struck

　　56.故宫博物院：The Palace Museum

　　57.相声：Cross-talk/Comic Dialogue

　　58.下岗：Lay off/Laid off

　　59.北京烤鸭：Beijing Roast Duck

　　60.高等自学考试：Self-taught Examination of Higher Education

　　61.烟花爆竹：fireworks and firecracker

　　62.敦煌莫高窟：Mogao Caves

　　63.电视小品：TV Sketch/TV Skit

　　64.香港澳门同胞：Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao

　　65.“”：Cultural Revolution

　　66.长江中下游地区：The Mid-low Reaches of Yangtze River

　　67.门当户对：Perfect Match/Exact Match

　　68.《水浒》：Water Margin/Outlaws of the Marsh

　　69.中外合资企业：Joint Ventures

　　70.文房四宝(笔墨纸砚)："The Four Treasure of the Study" "Brush, Inkstick, Paper, and Inkstone"

　　71.兵马俑：cotta Warriors/ Terracotta Army