現代發展:
基層監督 grass-roots supervision
基礎稅率 base tariff level
婚介所 matrimonial agency
婚外戀 extramaritallove
婚紗攝影 bride photo
即開型獎券 scratch-open ticket/lottery
集中精力把經濟建設搞上去 go all out for economic development
家政服務 household management service
加強輿論監督 ensure the correct orientationis maintained in public opinion
假帳 accounting fraud
擴大中等收入者比重 Raise the proportion of the middle-income group
擴大內需,刺激消費expand domesticdemand and consumption
傳統文化:
八卦 trigram
陰、陽 yin, yang
道 Dao
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 excessiveinternal heat
儒學 Confucianism
紅學(《紅樓夢》研究) redology
世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia
開放 kaifang (Chinese opennessto the outside world)
傷痕文學 scar literature or the literature of the wounded
合乎國情,順乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people
亂攤派,亂收費 impositionof arbitrary quotas and service charge
脫貧 to shake off poverty; anti-poverty
治則興,亂則衰 Order leads to prosperityand chaos to decline
傳統節日:
國慶節 National Day
中秋節 Mid-Autumn Day/Festival
春節 Spring Festival
元宵節 LanternFestival
兒童節 Children’s Day
端午節 Dragon Boat Festival
婦女節 Women’s Day
潑水節 Water-SplashingDay
教師節 Teachers’ Day
五四青年節 Youth Day