2023年6月英语四级翻译热点词汇（一）
1.阴历: lunar calendar
2.阳历: solar calendar
3.春节: the Spring Festival
4.除夕: Chinese New Year’s Eve
5.清明节: Tomb Sweeping Day
6.重阳节: the Double Ninth Festival
7.腊八节: the Laba Festival
8.元宵节: the Lantern Festival
9.劳动节: International Labour Day
10. 中秋节: the Mid-Autumn Festival
11. 端午节: the Dragon Boat Festival
12. 乞巧节（七夕节）: Double-Seventh Day
13. 法定节日: legal/statutory holiday
14. 春联: Spring Festival couplets; Lunar New Year couplets
15. 年画：Spring Festival picture； New Year picture
16. 剪纸：paper-cut; scissor-cut
17. 红包: red packet
18. 舞狮：lion dance
19. 舞龙: dragon dance
20. 灯笼: lantern
21. 灯谜: riddles written on a lantern
22. 灯会:lantern show/festival
23. 压岁钱:lucky money
24. 祭祖宗:offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors
25. 元宵:sweet dumplings
26. 踩高跷:walk on stilts
27. 扫墓:sweep a grave-pay tribute to a dead person at his tomb
28. 扭秧歌:do the yangge dance
29. 赛龙舟:dragon boat race
30. 月饼: moon cake
31. 赏月：appreciate the glorious full moon; enjoy a bright full moon
32. 毛笔：Chinese writing brush
33. 书法：calligraphy
34. 楷体：formal/regular script
35. 行书：running script/hand
36. 风水：geomantic omen
37. 闰年：leap/intercalary year
38. 十二生肖：Chinese zodiac
39. 庙会：fair; temple fair
40. 放爆竹：let/set off firecrackers
41. 守岁：stay up later or all night on the New Year’s Eve
42. 拜年：pay a New Year visit
43. 团圆饭：family reunion dinner
44. 京剧：Peking opera; Beijing opera
45. 秦腔：Shaanxi opera
46. 功夫：kung fu
47. 太极：Tai Chi
48. 口技ventriloquism; vocal mimicry/ imitation
49. 木偶戏：puppet show
50. 皮影戏：shadow play
51. 折子戏：highlights from operas
52. 杂技：acrobatics
53. 相声：comic dialogue; crosstalk
54. 刺绣：embroidery
55. 苏绣：Suzhou embroidery
56. 泥人：clay figure
57. 中国画：traditional Chinese painting
58. 水墨画：wash painting
59. 中国结：traditional Chinese knot
60. 中国古代四大发明：the four great inventions of ancient China
61. 火药：gunpowder
62. 印刷术：printing
63. 造纸术：paper making technology
64. 指南针：compass
