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

　　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 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

　　5、特有的一些汉语词汇

　　禅宗 Zen Buddhism

　　禅 dhyana; dhgaya

　　混沌 chaos

　　道 Daosim, the way and its power

　　无常 anity

　　五行说 Theory of Five Elements

　　无我 anatman

　　坐禅 metta or transcendental meditation

　　空 sunyata

　　虚无 nothingness

　　双喜 double happiness(中)，a doubled stroke of luck(英)

　　小品 witty skits

　　相声 cross-talk

　　噱头;掉包袱 gimmick, stunt

　　夜猫子 night people; night-owls

　　本命年 this animal year of sb.

　　处世之道 philosophy of life

　　姻缘 yinyuan(prefixed fate of marriage)

　　还愿 redeem a wish (vows)