2018年翻译资格考试常考高频词汇：节气及古代著作

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

　　inscribe a poem 赋诗

　　matching an antithetical couplet 对对联

　　solar calendar 阳历

　　gregorian calendar 公历

　　lunar calendar 阴历

　　heavenly stem 天干

　　earthly branch 地支

　　leap year 闰年

　　the twenty-four solar terms 二十四节气

　　zodiac 十二生肖

　　rat 鼠

　　ox 牛

　　tiger 虎

　　hare 兔

　　dragon 龙

　　snake 蛇

　　horse 马

　　sheep 羊

　　monkey 猴

　　rooster 鸡

　　dog 狗

　　pig 猪

　　year of monkey 猴年

　　one’s year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches

　　本命年

　　traditional holidays 传统节日

　　Spring Festival 春节

　　pay a New Year visit 拜年

　　firecracker 鞭炮，爆竹

　　Eve of Chinese New Year 除夕

　　Spring couplets 春联

　　ring out the old year and ring in the new 辞旧迎新

　　Jiaozi, boiled dumpling 饺子

　　pot sticker 锅贴

　　temple fair 庙会

　　ring out the old year 鸣钟辞旧岁

　　(traditional) New Year pictures 年画

　　the Eve Feast; family reunion dinner on Lunar New Year’s Eve 年夜饭

　　year-end household cleaning 年终大扫除

　　stay up late on the New Year’s Eve 守岁

　　family reunion dinner 团圆饭

　　New Year gift-money; money given to children as a New Year gift 压岁 钱

　　dragon dance 舞龙

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

　　sweet sticky rice dumplings 元宵

　　festival lantern 花灯

　　lantern riddle 灯谜

　　lion dance 狮子舞

　　stilt walking 踩高跷

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

　　sweep tomb sites of loved ones 扫墓

　　offer sacrifices to the ancestors 祭祖

　　go for an outing in spring 踏青

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

　　dragon boat race 赛龙舟

　　zongzi (pyramid-shaped dumpling made by glutinous rice wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves) 粽子

　　Departed soul 亡灵

　　loyal minister 忠臣

　　Quyuan the poet 诗人屈原

　　Moon Festival/Mid- Autumn Day (15th of eighth lhunar month) 中秋节

　　mooncake 月饼

　　appreciate the glorious full moon 赏月

　　reunion 团圆

　　sweet osmanthus 桂花

　　Double Ninth Day/the Aged Day 重阳节

　　admire the beauty of chrysanthemum 赏菊

　　climb mountain 登高

　　TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) 中药

　　First Emperor, Emperor Chin 秦始皇帝

　　empress dowager 皇太后

　　founder of the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD) 汉高祖刘邦

　　Genghis Khan; Temujin 成吉思汗

　　gifted scholars and beautiful ladies 才子佳人

　　cradle of civilization 文明摇篮

　　Xia Dynasty 夏朝

　　(of) Ming and Qing dynasties 明清两代

　　Chinese civilization 中华文明

　　Sichuan, Szechwan, Szechuan 四川

　　Shaanxi 陕西

　　Research Center for Ancient Civilizations 古文明研究中心

　　Chinese and overseas scholars 中外学者

　　archaeologists 考古学家

　　anthropologist 人类学家

　　historian 历史学家

　　Tao, ”the way”, the principle of workings of the universe 道

　　humaneness (also mean：humanity, benevolence, goodness, virtue) 仁

　　the Four Books 四书

　　the Great Learning 《大学》

　　the Doctrine of the Mean 《中庸》

　　the Analects of Confucius 《论语》

　　the Mencius 《孟子》

　　five major styles of calligraphy 书法五大书体

　　seal script/seal character 篆书

　　official script/clerical script 隶书

　　running script/semi-cursive script 行书

　　cursive script 草书

　　regular script/standard script 楷书

　　traditional Chinese painting 中国画

　　Chinese brush painting; ink and wash painting 水墨画

　　traditional Chinese realistic painting 工笔

　　six classical arts 六艺

　　rite 礼

　　music 乐

　　archery 射

　　riding 御

　　writing 书

　　arithmetic 数

　　the Art of War 孙子兵法