2016考研：英语翻译必备词汇（中国文化篇）

传统节日 Traditional Festivals 　　 　　

拜年 paying a New Year call 　　

爆竹 firecracker 　　

鞭炮 a string of small firecrackers 　　

除夕 New Year's Eve 　　

春节 Spring Festival 　　

春联 Spring Festival couplets (conveying best wishes for the year ) 　　

辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 　　

大扫除 year-end household cleaning 　　

灯谜 lantern riddles 　　

登高 hill climbing 　　

端午节 Dragon Boat Festival 　　

恭喜发财 May you be prosperous! / Wish you all the best! 　　

观灯 viewing the lanterns 　　

贺岁片 New Year film 　　

饺子 dumplings (with meat and vegetable stuffing ) 　　

龙灯舞 dragon lantern dance 　　

庙会 temple fair 　　

年画 New Year picture 　　

年夜饭 family reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve 　　

清明节 Tomb-sweeping Festival 　　

扫墓 paying respect to the dead 　　

赏菊 enjoying chrysanthemum 　　

赏月 enjoying the full moon 　　

狮子舞 lion dance 　　

压岁钱 money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift 　　

秧歌舞 yangge dance 　　

元宵 sweet rice-flour dumplings (eaten on the Lantern Festival ) 　　

元宵节 Lantern Festival 　　

月饼 moon cake 　　

植树节 Tree-planting Day 　　

中秋节 Mid-autumn Festival 　　

重阳节 Double Ninth Festival 　　

粽子 a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves