元宵 rice dumpling
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
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
小康社会 a well-to-do society
人民生活 people’s livelihood
生活水平 living standards
生活质量 quality of life
住房条件 housing conditions
文化程度 educational level
就业率 employment rate
人均收入 average income per capita
年平均工资 average annual pay
奖金 bonus
生活费用 cost of living
消费价格指数 consumer price index
环境污染指数 environment pollution index
衣食住行 food, clothing, sheltering and means of traveling
购买力 purchasing power
贫困家庭 the needy family
贫困地区 poverty-stricken region
下岗 be laid off
小康 relative affluence
安居乐业 live a good life
共同富裕 shared prosperity
社会保险 social insurance
助学金 grant-in-aid
赈灾救济金 disaster relief funds
人口 population
人口分布 population distribution
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
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