英语六级翻译高频词汇（六）

发源地 the birthplace

禁忌 taboo

压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift

祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors

元宵 rice dumpling

踩高跷 stilt walking

扭秧歌 yangge dance

扫墓 sweep graves of one’s ancestors or loved ones

赛龙舟 dragon-boat racing

粽子 zongzi (sticky rice dumpling wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves)

月饼 moon cake

赏月 appreciate the glorious full moon

赏菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum

登高 climb mountain

孔子 Confucius

孟子 Mencius

老子 Lao Zi

儒学 Confucian School

论语 Analects of Confucius

发明纸和瓷器 invented paper and porcelain

发明火药 invention of gunpowder

发明印刷术 block printing was invented

科举制 Imperial Examination for recruiting civil servants

丝绸之路 Silk Route

长征 Long March

解放战争 War of Liberation

改革开放 reform and opening up

黄河 Yellow River

长江 Yangtze River

珠江 Pearl River

太湖 Lake Tai

鄱阳湖 Lake Po yang

洞庭湖 Lake Dong ting

青藏高原 Tibet Plateau

东北平原 Northeast China Plain

华北平原 North China Plain

长江中下游平原 Plain of Middle and Lower Reaches of Chang jiang River

南沙群岛 Nan sha Island