英语六级翻译之高频词汇（七）

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 Poyang 

洞庭湖 Lake Dongting 

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 Changjiang River 

南沙群岛 Nansha Island