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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

八股文 eight-part essay; stereotyped writing

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

西部大开发 Go-West 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

豆腐脑 jellied bean curd