1、中国意念词(Chinesenesses)

　　八卦 trigram

　　阴、阳 yin, yang

　　道 Dao(cf. logo)

　　江湖(世界) the jianghu World (the traits’ world)

　　e.g. You can’t control everything in a traits’ world. (人在江湖，身不由己)

　　道 Daoism(Taoism)

　　上火 excessive internal heat

　　儒学 Confucianism

　　红学(《红楼梦》研究) redology

　　世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia

　　开放 kaifang (Chinese openness to the outside world)

　　大锅饭 getting an equal share regardless of the work done

　　伤痕文学 scar literature or the literature of the wounded

　　不搞一刀切 no imposing uniformity on …

　　合乎国情，顺乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people

　　乱摊派，乱收费 imposition of arbitrary quotas and service charge

　　铁交椅 iron (lifetime) post’s; guaranteed leading post

　　脱贫 to shake off poverty; anti-poverty

　　治则兴，乱则衰 Order leads to prosperity and chaos to decline

　　2 、中华民族的喜庆节日(Chinese Festivial)

　　国庆节 National Day

　　中秋节 Mid-Autumn Day/Festival

　　春节 Spring Festival

　　元宵节 Lantern Festival

　　儿童节 Children’s Day

　　端午节 Dragon Boat Festival

　　妇女节 Women’s Day

　　泼水节 Water-Splashing Day

　　教师节 Teachers’ Day

　　五四青年节 Youth Day

　　3、中国独特的传统饮食(Unique Traditional Chinese Foods)

　　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 konjak tofu

　　米粉 rice noodles

　　冰糖葫芦 a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples,etc.)

　　火锅 chafing dish

　　八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding

　　粉丝 glass noodles

　　豆腐脑 jellied bean curd

　　4 、中国新兴事物(Newly Sprouted Things)

　　中国 电信 China Telecom

　　中国 移动 China Mobile

　　十五计划 the 10th Five-Year Plan

　　中国电脑联网 Chinanet

　　三峡工程 the Three Gorges Project

　　希望工程 Project Hope

　　京九铁路 Beijing CKowloon Railway

　　扶贫工程 Anti-Poverty Project

　　菜篮子工程 Vegetable Basket Project

　　温饱工程 Decent-Life Project

　　安居工程 Economy Housing Project

　　扫黄 Porn-Purging Campaign

　　西部大开发 Go-West Campaign