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汉字 Chinese character
单音节 single syllable
汉语四声调 the four tones of Chinese characters
阳平 level tone
阴平 rising tone
上声 falling-rising tone
去声 falling tone
五言绝句 five-character quatrain
七言律诗 seven-character octave
道 Dao(cf.logo)
江湖(世界) the jianghu World (the traits’world)
You can ‘t control everything in a traits' world.
人在江湖,身不由己。
道 Daoism (Taoism)
上火 excessive internal heat
儒学 Confucianism
红学(《红楼梦》研究) redology
世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia
开放 kaifang(Chinese openness to the outside world)
大锅饭 getting an equal share regardless of the work done
伤痕文学 scar literature or the literature of the wounded
不搞一刀切 no imposing uniformity on
合乎国情，顺乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people
乱摊派，乱收费 imposition of arbitrary quotas and service charge
铁交椅 iron( lifetime) post’s; guaranteed leading post
脱贫 to shake off poverty; anti-poverty
治则兴，乱则衰 Order leads to prosperityand chaos to decline
中国新兴事物 Newly Sprouted Things
中国电信 China Telecom
中国移动 China Mobile
十五计划 the 10th Five- Year Plan
中国电脑联网 Chinanet
三峡工程 the Three Gorges Project
希望工程 Project Hope
京九铁路 the Beijing-Kowloon Railway
扶贫工程 Anti-Poverty Project
菜篮子工程 Vegetable Basket Project
温饱工程 Decent-Life Project
安居工程 Economy HousingProject
扫黄 Porn-Purging Campaign
馄饨 wonton
锅贴 guotie( fried jiaozi)
花卷 steamed twisted rolls
套餐 set meal
盒饭 box lunch; Chinesetake-away
米豆腐 rice tofu
魔芋豆腐 konjak tofu
米粉 rice noodles
冰糖葫芦 a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples, etc.)
火锅 chafing dish
八宝饭 eight- treasure ricepudding
粉丝 glass noodles