Unit 1

焚书坑儒　　burn books and bury Confucian scholars alive

牛郎织女　　the Cowherd and the Girl Weaver or the Cow Herder and the Weaver Maid

封建礼教　　feudal ethical codes

善有善报，恶有恶报

Good will be rewarded with good and evil repaid with evil

《山海经》　　Classics of Mountians and seas

 精卫填海　　Jingwei Determines to fill up the sea

 

 

Unit 2

饮食疗法　　dietotherapy or food therapy

色香味　　color, aroma and taste

美食家　　gourmet

南甜北咸东辣西酸

Sweet in the south, salty in the north, sour in the west and spicy in the east.

中国四大菜系　　Grand Four Categories of Chinese Cuisine

八大菜系　　eight main schools of Chineses Cuisine

点心　　Dim Sum

鉴别诊断　　differential diagnosis

礼仪之邦　　land of ceremony and propriety

良药苦口　　Good medicine tastes bitter.

控制阴阳失调　　to conterbalance the Yin-yang disequilibrium

 

 

Unit 3

衣食住行　　clothing, food, shelter and transportation

曲裾　　curving-front robe

直裾　　straight-front robe

战国时期　　Warring States Period

男女授受不亲　　to avoid close contact of the male and the female

唐装　　Tang Costume

盘扣　　buttonhole loop

玉珮　　jade ornament

 

 

 

Unit 4

道家四象　　the four Taoist quadrants

风水先生　　a geomancer

皇陵　　the imperial mausoleum

宗庙或祠堂　　the ancestral temple

天坛　　the Temple of Heaven

塔　　pagoda

莫高窟　　the Mogao Grottoes

天人合一　　unity of Heaven and man

 拙政园　　Humble Administrattor's Garden

卢沟桥的狮子数不清　　The lions on the Lugouqiao are uncountable

 

Unit 5

世界遗产名录　　List of World Heritage

金丝猴　　golden snub-nosed monkey

人间仙境　　Fairy Land on Earth

五岳　　Five Sacred Mountains

有眼不识泰山

One who fails to recognize a somebody has been compared to a person unable to see Mt.Tai.

稳如泰山　　as stable as Mt. Tai

会当凌绝顶，一览众山小

Only by ascending Mt. Tai will you find how dwarfish all mountains under heaven are.

五岳归来不看山，黄山归来不看岳

I find it no longer worth my while to look at a mountain after visiting the five sacred mountains. No longer do I find it worth my while to look at the sacred five after returning from Huangshan.

四川大熊猫自然保护区　　Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries

云南三江并流　　Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas

国家风景区　　National seenic area

桂林山水甲天下　　The scenery in Guilin is unparalleled in the world( or topped all under heaven)

阳朔山水甲桂林　　The montains and waters in Yangshuo are even better than those in Guilin.

 

 

Unit 6

烽火台　　beacon tower

天下第一关　　the World’s First Pass

故宫　　the Palace Museum（the Forbidden City）

秦始皇陵　　Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor

《史记》　　The Historical Records

兵马俑　　Terra cotta legions

释迦牟尼　　Sakyamuni

 （皇帝）登基　　ascend the throne

腐败无能的政府　　corrupt and impotent government

天圆地方　　round Heaven and square Earth

 

 

Unit 7

春节　　the Spring Festival

元宵节　　the Lantern Festival

清明节　　Tomb Sweeping Day or the Clear Bright Festival

端午节　　the Dragon Boat Festival

中秋节　　the Mid-Autumn Festival

重阳节　　the Double Ninth Festival

泼水节　　Water Sprinkling Festival

那达慕　　the Nadam Fair

火把节　　the Torch Festival

阴历　　the lunar calendar

公历　　Gregorian calendar

年糕　　sticky cakes

红包　　lucky money in little red envelopes

春联　　spring couplets

年画　　New Year pictures

舞狮　　Lion Dances

闰月　　an intercalary month

年饭　　the New Year feast

元宵　glutinous rice dumplings stuffed with various sweet fillings

赛龙舟　　dragon boat races

粽子　　pyramid-shaped dumplings with glutinous rice

吉祥话　　auspicious messages

秋分　　the autumn equinox

月饼　　moon cake

《易经》　　I-Ching (the Book of Changes)

登高节　　Height Ascending Festival

赏菊　　enjoying the flourishing chrysanthemum

中国生肖　　the Chinese zodiac

五行　　the Five Elements

算命　　fortune telling

护身符　　talismans

相手术　　palmistry

相面　　face reading

皇道吉日之类的　　almanacs

红色等同于财富　　Red is synonymous with wealth.

火化　　cremation

避邪　　to avoid epidemies

七夕节　　the Double Seventh Festival

 礼轻情意重　　A gift may be insignificant, but it carries tremendous friendship

 

 

 

Unit 8

绢花　　silk flower

漆器　　lacquer wares

景泰蓝　　cloisonné enamel

青铜器　　bronze wares

唐三彩　　the Tang tricolor ceramics

盆景　　bonsai

司线戊方鼎　　Simuwu Quadripod

陶器　　earthenware

新石器时代　　the Neolithic Age

刺绣　　embroidery

钟鼎文　　inscription

甲骨文　　tortoise shell script

 青花瓷　　the blue and white porcelain

 

Unit 9

岁寒三友　　three friends of winter

君子四艺　　the four skills of a learned scholar to pursue

挂轴　　hanging scroll

工笔画　　gongbi or meticulous brushwork

山水画　　landscape painting

国粹　　quintessence of Chinese culture

小篆　　the Small Seal Script

隶书　　the Official Script

草书　　the Cursive Script

行书　　the Running Script

楷书　　the Regular Script

文房四宝　　four treasures of the study

花鸟图　　flower and bird painting

 出淤泥而不染　　come out of the mire without being sneared

 

Unit 10

《赵氏孤儿》An Orphan of the Zhao Family

《15贯》   Fifteen Strings of Coppers

《空城计》  The Ruse of an Empty City

《白蛇传》  The Story of a White Snake

《贵妃醉酒》 The Drunken Concubine

《岳母刺字》 Yuefei’s Mother Tattooing His Back

《打渔杀家》 Fisherman’s Revenge

《二进宫》   Entering the Palace for the Second Time

《霸王别姬》 Farewell My Concubine

《群英会》   Gathering of Heroes

《乌盆记》   The Story of the Black Basin

《宝莲灯》  The Lotus Lantern

《智取威虎山》 Takeover of Tiger Mountain

四大名旦　　Four Major Dan Roles

 梵语　　Sanskrit

 

Unit 11

中医　　TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)

望　　observation

闻　　auscultation and olfaction

问　　interrogation

切　　pulse feeling and palpation

经络　　channels or meridian

中草药　　herbal medicine

针灸　　acupuncture

艾灼　　moxibustion

拔罐　　cupping

推拿　　massage

刮痧　　guasha

五行相生结构：金水木火土 The Generating cycle

Metal produces water, water nourishes wood, wood fuels fire, fire makes earth, earth yields metal.

五行相克结构：金木土水火 The Regulating Cycle

Metal can cut wood, wood can contain earth, earth can absorb water, water can extinguish fire, fire can melt metal.

 

 

Unit 15

九歌　　Nine Songs

木兰辞　　the Ballad of Mulan

《西厢记》　　The West Chamber

《诗经》　　The Book of Songs

《离骚》Lament of Encountering Sorrow or Sorrow after departure

《孔雀东南飞》　　Southeast the peacock flies

《全唐诗》　　The complete Anthology of the Tang Dynasty

初唐四杰　　the four preeminent poets of the early Tang Dynasty

诗仙　　the Immortal of Poems

诗圣　　Sage of the Poems

山水田园诗人　　pastoral poets

边塞诗人　　frontier poets

熟读唐诗三百首，不会作诗也会吟。

If you have recited 300 poems of the Tang Dynasty, you will be able to intonate them even though you can not produce them.

婉约派　the Soft and Tuneful School (the Delicately restrained school)

豪放派　the Powerful and Free School (the Heroic and Unrestrained style)

《三国演义》　　Romance of the Three Kingdoms

《水浒传》　　Outlaws of the Marsh

《西游记》　　Journey to the West (Pilgrim to the West)

《红楼梦》　　A Dream of Red Mansions

《聊斋志异》　　Strange Tales of Liaozhai

百花齐放，百家争鸣　　Let one hundred flowers blossom and one hundred schools of thought contend.

春秋时期　　Spring and Autumn period

乐府　　the Music Bureau

词　　Lyric Poetry