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 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
