口译笔译分类词汇系列之中国独特概念词(一)(1)

中国独特概念词

  中国意念词(Chinesenesses)

  八卦 trigram

  阴、阳 yin, yang

  道 Dao(cf. logo)

  江湖(世界) the jianghu World (the traits’ world)

  e.g. 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