1.元宵节： lantern festival

2.刺绣：embroidery

3.重阳节：double-ninth festival

4.清明节：tomb sweeping day

5.剪纸：paper cutting

6.书法：calligraphy

7.对联：(spring festival) couplets

8.象形文字：pictograms/pictographic characters

9.人才流动：brain drain/brain flow

10.四合院：siheyuan/quadrangle

11.战国：warring states

12.风水：fengshui/geomantic omen

13.铁饭碗：iron bowl更多信息请访问：//www.24en.com/

14.函授部：the correspondence department

15.集体舞：group dance

16.黄土高原：loess plateau

17.红白喜事：weddings and funerals

18.中秋节：mid-autumn day

19.结婚证：marriage certificate

20.儒家文化：confucian culture

21.附属学校：affiliated school

22.古装片：costume drama

23.武打片：chinese swordplay movie

24.元宵：tangyuan/sweet rice dumpling (soup)

25. 一国两制：one country, two systems

26. 火锅：hot pot

27. 四人帮：gang of four

28. 《诗经》：the book of songs

29. 素质教育：essential-qualities-oriented education

30. 《史记》：historical records/records of the grand historian

31. 大跃进：great leap forward (movement)

32. 《西游记》：the journey to the west

33. 除夕：chinese new year’s eve/eve of the spring festival

34. 针灸：acupuncture

35. 唐三彩：tri-color pottery of the tang dynasty/ the tang tri-colored pottery

36. 中国特色的社会主义：chinese-charactered socialist/socialist with chinese characteristics

37. 偏旁：radical

38. 孟子：mencius

39. 亭/阁： pavilion/ attic

40. 大中型国有企业：large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises

41. 火药：gunpowder

42. 农历：lunar calendar

43. 印/玺：seal/stamp

44. 物质精神文明建设：the construction of material civilization and spiritual civilization

45. 京剧：beijing opera/peking opera

46. 秦腔：crying of qin people/qin opera

47. 太极拳：tai chi

48. 独生子女证：the certificate of one-child

49. 天坛：altar of  heaven in beijing

50. 小吃摊：snack bar/snack stand

51. 红双喜：double happiness

52. 政治辅导员：political counselor/school counselor

53. 春卷：spring roll(s)

54. 莲藕：lotus root

55. 追星族：star struck

56. 故宫博物院：the palace museum

57. 相声：cross-talk/comic dialogue

58. 下岗：lay off/laid off

59. 北京烤鸭：beijing roast duck

60. 高等自学考试：self-taught examination of higher education

61. 烟花爆竹：fireworks and firecracker

62. 敦煌莫高窟：mogao caves

63. 电视小品：tv sketch/tv skit

64. 香港澳门同胞：compatriots from hong kong and macao

65. 文化大革命：cultural revolution

66. 长江中下游地区：the mid-low reaches of yangtze river

67. 门当户对：perfect match/exact match

68. 《水浒》：water margin/outlaws of the marsh

69. 中外合资企业：joint ventures

70. 文房四宝（笔墨纸砚）："the four treasure of the study" "brush, inkstick, paper, and inkstone",