英语六级翻译必背词汇：中国文化词汇

生 (男性正面角色) male (the positive male role)

旦 (女性正面角色) female (the positive female role)

净 (性格鲜明的男性配角) a supporting male role with striking character

丑 (幽默滑稽或反面角色) a clown or a negative role

花脸 painted role

歌舞喜剧 musical

滑稽场面, 搞笑小噱头 shtick

滑稽短剧 skit

京剧人物脸谱 Peking Opera Mask

戏剧文化

皮影戏 shadow play; leather-silhouette show

说书 story-telling

叠罗汉 make a human pyramid

折子戏 opera highlights

踩高跷 stilt walk

哑剧 pantomime; mime

哑剧演员 pantomimist

戏剧小品 skit

马戏 circus show

单口相声 monologue comic talk, standup comedy

特技表演 stunt

相声 witty dialogue comedy, comic cross talk

杂技 acrobatics

京韵大鼓 the traditional story-telling in Beijing dialect with drum accompaniment

秦腔 Shaanxi opera

中国瑰宝

习武健身 practice martial art for fitness

气功 qigong, deep breathing exercises

篆刻 seal cutting upriteous

工艺, 手艺 workmanship / craftsmanship

卷轴 scroll

蜡染 batik

泥人 clay figure

漆画 lacquer painting

唐三彩 Trio-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty

景泰蓝 cloisonné

文房四宝 The four stationery treasures of the Chinese study --- a writing brush, an ink stick, an ink stone and paper

天干地支

阳历 solar calendar

公历 Gregorian calendar

阴历 lunar calendar

天干 heavenly stem

地支 earthly branch

闰年 leap year

二十四节气 the twenty-four solar terms

民间传说 folklores

寓言 fable

传说 legend

神话 mythology

古为今用,洋为中用 make the past serve the present and the foreign serve china

对对联 matching an antithetical couplet

传统节日

十二生肖 the twele Chinese zodiac signs

本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches

春节  theSpring Festival

元宵节 the Lantern Festival (15th day of the first lunar month)

清明节 the Pure Brightness Festival / the Tomb-sweeping Day (April the 5th)

端午节 the Dragon Boat Festival (5th of the fifth lunar month)

中秋节 the Moon Festival / the Mid-Autumn Day (15th of the eight lunar month)

重阳节 the Double Ninth Day / the Aged Day