三字经 three-character scripture/three-word chant
八股文 eight-part essay/stereotyped writing
五言绝句 five-character quatrain
七言律诗 seven-character octave
四合院 quadrangle
京剧 Peking Opera
独角戏 monodrama
杂技 acrobatics
相声 witty dialogue comedy, standup comedy
马戏 circus show
哑剧 pantomime; mime
踩高跷 stilt walk
说书 story-telling
木偶戏 puppet show
口技 ventriloquism
京剧票友 amateur performer of Peking Opera
篆刻 seal cutting
图章 seal
工艺 workmanship/craftsmanship
手工艺品 handicraft
泥人 clay figure
唐三彩 trio-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty
陶器 pottery
苏绣 Suzhou embroidery
文房四宝 the four stationary treasures of the Chinese study-a writing brush,
an ink stick, an ink stone and paper
寓言 fable
神话 mythology
传说 legend
十二生肖 zodiac
公历 gregorian calendar
阴历 lunar calendar
对联 antithetical couplet
天干 heavenly stem
地支 earthly branch
闰年 leap year
二十四节气 the twenty-four solar terms
本命年 one’s year of birth in the circle of twelve years
传统节日 traditional holidays
春节 Spring Festival
元宵节 Lantern Festival
清明节 Pure Brightness Festival
端午节 dragon boat festival
中秋节 Mid-Autumn Festival
重阳节 Double Ninth Day/the Aged Day
才子佳人 gifted scholars and beautiful ladies
中华文明 Chinese civilization
朝代 dynasty
中外学者 Chinese and overseas scholars
考古学家 archaeologist
人类学家 anthropologist
进化论 Darwinism
无神论 atheism
宿命论 determinism
启蒙运动 enlightenment
辩证的 dialectic
先知 illuminati
佛教 Buddhism
儒教 Confucianism
道教 Taoism
形而上学 metaphysics
基督教 Christianity
新教 Protestant
天主教 Catholicism
洗礼 baptism
伊斯兰教 Islam
教堂 Church
寺庙 temple
修道院 abbey
礼拜堂 chapel
斋月 Ramadan; month of fast
喇嘛 Lama
邪教 cult
宗教仪式 religious ritual
异教徒 infidel
宗教矛盾 religious contradictions
孔庙 temple of Confucius
天主教堂 cathedral