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

　　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

　　耶稣基督 Jesus Christ

　　洗礼 baptism

　　天主教 Catholicism

　　天主教堂 Catholic church

　　六艺：礼，乐，射，御，书，数

　　six classical arts: rites , music , archery , riding , writing , arithmetic

　　朦胧诗　　　misty poetry

　　三字经　　　three-character scripture

　　武侠小说　　tales of roving knights; martial arts novel ; a kung fu novel

　　言情小说　　romantic fiction ; sentimental novel

　　八股文　　eight-part essay ; stereotyped writing

　　五言绝句　five-character quatrain

　　七言律诗　seven-character octave

　　黄土高原：Loess Plateau

　　红白喜事：Weddings and Funerals

　　中秋节：Mid-Autumn Day

　　 结婚证：Marriage Certificate

　　儒家文化：Confucian Culture

　　附属学校：Affiliated school

　　古装片：Costume Drama

　 武打片：Chinese Swordplay Movie

　　元宵：Tangyuan/Sweet Rice Dumpling

　　 一国两制：One Country, Two Systems

　　火锅：Hot Pot

　　四人帮：Gang of Four

　　《诗经》：The Book of Songs

　　 素质教育：Essential-qualities-oriented Education

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