沪江论坛英语四六级板块有奖活动 备战英语六级，总结翻译里的中国风 顺利结束啦~~由于改革后的四六级考试新增了段落翻译的题型，2013年12月的考试中又出现了许多中国传统文化的元素，所以我们办了这次活动，整合沪友们的智慧，希望整理出一个有系统性的词汇表，同时也希望头脑风暴的方式可以为大家提供一个单词记忆的方法。非常感谢各位沪友的参与，以下是分类汇总词汇表。

节日类：

1.年节

买年货：special purchases for the Spring Festival

红包：red packets / red envelope

舞狮：lion dance

舞龙：dragon dance

除夕：Chinese New Year’s Eve/ Eve of the Spring Festival

春晚：Spring Festival Gala

烟花爆竹：fireworks and firecrackers

守岁：staying-up

拜年：give New Year's greetings/ New Year's visit

去晦气：get rid of the ill-fortune

压岁钱：gift money/ money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

除旧岁：bid farewell to the old year

春联：(Spring Festival) couplets

年画：New Year painting

庙会：temple fair

元宵节：Lantern Festival

元宵：Tangyuan/ sweet rice dumpling

灯谜：lantern riddle

全家团圆：family reunion

2.清明

清明节：Tomb-sweeping Day/ Qingming Festival/ Ching Ming/ Chinese Memorial Day/ Ancestors' Day

寒食：Cold Food Festival/ Hanshi Day/ the day before Pure Brightness when only cold food is served

扫墓：sweep a grave/ pay respect to a dead person at his tomb/ visit ones grave

祭祀：offer sacrifices. to the gods or the spirits of the dead

纸钱：spiritual money

先人：ancestor/ forefather

踏青：have an outing in spring

青团：Qingtuan: green dumplings made of glutinous rice and barley grass

出行高峰：travel peak

3.端午

端午节：Dragon Boat Festival 

粽子：zongzi, pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice, stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves

雄黄酒：realgar wine

赛龙舟：dragon boat race

佩香囊：wear a sachet. They first sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, then fill the bags with perfumes or herbal medicines, and finally string them with silk thread.

系五彩线：tie five colored rings

驱五毒：drive away the five poisonous creatures/ drive away poisonous pests, including scorpions, vipers, centipedes, house lizards andtoads.

游百病：prevent disease by having fun/ Entertainment for all is said to ward off disease.

农历五月初五：the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar

楚国：the antient state of Chu

投江自尽：drown oneself

纪念：commemorate

菖蒲：calamus

艾草：wormwood

驱邪避疫：prevent disease or evil

4.中秋及其他

中秋节：Mid-Autumn Festival

月饼：moon cake

赏月：watch and admire the moon

皎洁：(of moonlight) bright and clean

玉兔：Jade Rabbit

嫦娥：Chang’e

中元节：Ghost Festival

七夕：Magpie Festival

重阳节：Double Ninth Festival

5.节气及其他

节气：seasonal division points

立春：spring begins

惊鸷：insects awaken

雨水：the rains

春分：vernal equinox

谷雨：grain rain

立夏：summer begins

小满：lesser fullness

芒种：grain in ear

夏至：summer solstice

小暑：sight heat

大暑：great heat

立秋：autumn begins

处暑：end of heat

白露：white dew

秋分：autumn equinox

寒露：cold dews

霜降：hoar-frost falls

立冬：winter begins

小雪：light snow

大雪：heavy snow

冬至：winter solstice

小寒：slight coldness

大寒：great coldness

地支：Earthly Branch

天干：Heavenly Stem

生肖：Chinese zodiac

阴历：solar calendar

闰年：leap year

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