传统词汇

　　1.火药gunpower

　　2.印刷术printing/art of printing

　　3.造纸术papermaking technology

　　4.指南针compass

　　5.中国结Chinese knot

　　6.青铜器bronze ware

　　7.瓷器China/porcelain

　　8.刺绣embroidery

　　9.中药TCM/traditional Chinese medicine

　　10.唐三彩Tang Tri-color Glazed Ceramics

　　11.剪纸paper cuttings

　　12.中国画Chinese paintings

　　13.纺织品silk fabrics/silks

　　14.景泰蓝Cloisonne

　　15.四合院courtyard

　　16.京剧Peking opera

　　17.皮影戏shadow puppets

　　18.太极Tai Chi

　　19.对口相声cross talk

　　20.杂技acrobatics

　　21.中国武术Chinese martial arts/Kung Fu

　　22.越剧Yue Opera

　　23.唐装Tang suit

　　24.旗袍cheongsam

　　25.古筝Chinese zither

　　26.二胡erhu

　　27.甲骨文oracle bone script

　　28.世袭制度hereditaty system

　　29.朝代dynasty

　　30.战国时期the Warring States Period

　　例句赏析

　　传统中国绘画是一门独特的艺术。无论是风格还是技巧都与世界其他艺术门类迥然不同。

　　Traditional Chinese paintings is a special school of art, which is strikingly different in style and technique from other art schools across the globe.

　　中国画的特点是宣传功能。早在两千多年前，人物画就被政府机构用作宣传工作。

　　They are characterized by propaganda function. More than 2,000 years ago, figure paintings were utilized for propaganda by government apparatus.

　　唐代的大夫们(officials) 甚至把绘画纳入儒家的思想体系。

　　Officials of the Tang Dynasty even endeavored to integrate paintings into Confucian ideology.

　　到了宋代，政府专门出版的官方画谱，不但对人物画的功能提出要求，对山水画也是如此。

　　The government of the Song Dynasty specially published an official guide to paintings, thus raising criteria not only for figure paintings, but also for landscape paintings.