中国人应该知道的英语词汇

中国小吃

Stinky tofu 臭豆腐

Mapo tofu salted Sichuan style 麻婆豆腐

Chinese style baked roll 烧饼

Fried bread stick /twisted cruller 油条

Soybean porridge 豆浆

Boiled dumpling 水饺

Small steamed bun 小笼包

Plain wheat roll /steamed bun 馒头

Spicy hot pot /Sichuan hot pot 麻辣火锅

Rice 饭团

Scallion cake 葱油饼

Sliced noodles 刀削面

Cold noodles 两面

Fried rice noodles 炒米粉

Dried tofu 豆腐干

Hard boiled egg 卤蛋

100-year egg 皮蛋

Salted duck egg 咸鸭蛋

Tea egg 茶蛋

Sesame paste 芝麻糊

Bean paste cake 绿豆糕

Fried dough twist /heam flower 麻花

Chestnut roasted with sugar 糖炒栗子

Plum juice 酸梅汤

Milk tea 奶茶

Black tea 红茶

Almond junket 杏仁豆腐

中国节日及传统

Lunar calendar 农历

New year’s day 元旦

Lunar new year /Chinese new year 农历新年

Spring festival 春节

Lunar new year’s even reunion 年夜饭

Chinese new year cake 年糕

Red envelope /a cash gift 红包

Latern festival 元宵节

Rice dumpling 汤圆

Tomb sweeping day 清明节

Dragon boat festival 端午节

Tsung-tse 粽子

Mid-autumn festival /moon-festival 中秋节

Sachet 香包

Moon cake 月饼

Teachers’ day 教师节

Winter solstice 冬至

Vernal equinox 春分

Summer begins 立夏

Autumn begins 立秋

Leap year 闰年

中国古典文学

The analects of confucious 论语

The book of Odes/the book of poetry 诗经

Shi shuo hsin Yu 世说新语

The legend of defication 封神榜

The Romance of the three kingdoms 三国演义

Pilgrimage to the west 西游记

The dream of the red chamber 红楼梦

The Golden lotus 金瓶梅

All men are brothers 水浒传

The west chamber 西厢记

The four collections of books 四库全书

只可意会不可言传

Blasted 该死的 真他妈的

Bleeding 烦人的 令人讨厌的

Blooming 可恶的 太他妈的

Dammed 该死的 烦人的

Flaming 该死的 非常的

Bastard 杂种 狗东西

Buggar 畜生 兔崽子

Bitch 贱货 骚货

Son of a bitch 小人 可恶的家伙

Turd 令人讨厌的家伙 臭大粪

Arse 令人讨厌的家伙

Arsehole 愚蠢 蠢货

Balls /crap /bullshit /fart 屁话 放屁

Cock /prick /tool /cunt 胡说

Shit 讨厌 烦人 操

Bugger /sod 王八羔子 兔崽子

俗语谚语

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

双鸟在林，不如一鸟在手

Absence of mind

心不在焉

Actions speak louder than words

事实胜于雄辩

Add oil to the flames

火上浇油

Add insult to injury

雪上加霜

All at sea

不知所措

All ears

洗耳恭听

All Greek to me

一窍不通

All is not gold that glitters

发光的不一定都是金子

All is fish that comes to his net

捡到篮里的都是菜（意为来者不拒）

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

以眼还眼，牙还牙

A leopard can not change his sports

江山易改，本性难移

An hour in the morning is worth two hours in the evening

一日之计在于晨

(as )broad as it is long

半斤八两

As close as a clam

一毛不拔，守口如瓶

As you brew ,so shall you drink

自作自受

At a respectful distance

敬而远之

At the sign of the horn

戴绿帽子

At the world’s end

天涯海角

Attack is the best form of defence

进攻是最好的防守

Better a glorious death than a shameful life

宁为玉碎，为瓦全

Badger game

美人计

Bay the moon

异想天开

Be all mouths and trousers

光打雷不下雨

Birds of a feather flock together

物以类聚，人以群分

A bow bent too much will break

欲速则不达

Business is business

公事公办

Can not sea Beyond the length of his nose

鼠目寸光

Cast pearls before swine

对牛弹琴

A cat on hot bricks

热锅上的蚂蚁

Chop and change

朝三暮四

Circumstances alter cases

此一时，一时

Clean hand wants no washing

清者自清

Cock is bold in his own dunghill

窝里横

Cogito ergo sum

我思故我在

Come –day-go-day

当一天和尚撞一天钟

Comparisons are odious/odorous

人比人，气死人

Constant dropping will wear a stone

水滴石穿

Don’t judge a book by its cover

不要以貌取人

Cry wolf

狼来了

Custom is second nature

习惯成自然

Die is cast /thrown

木已成舟

Dig a well at a river

画蛇添足

Do as you would be done by

Dog that fetches will carry

来说是非者，便是是非人

Don’t wake a sleep dog

不要惹是生非

Don’t put off still tomorrow what should be done today

今日事，今日毕

Donkey’s years

猴年马月

East or west ,home is best

金家银家不如自己的破家

Empty hand is no lure fools a hawk

舍不得孩子套不住狼

Enough is as good as feast

知足者常乐

Everything can find its way

船到桥头自然直

Fair without but foal/false within

金玉其外，絮其中

He laughs best who later last

最后的胜利才是真正的胜利

He that lives with cripples learns to limp

近朱者赤，墨者黑

His bark is worse than his bite

刀子嘴豆付心

It is a foolish sheep that make the Wolf his confessor

兔子不吃窝边草

It is easy to be wise after the event

时候诸葛人人会

It is the first step that costs

万事开头难

It is the thought that counts

礼轻人意重

Joys shared with others are enjoyed

独乐乐不如众乐乐

Kick down the ladder

过河拆桥

Kiss the child for the nurse’s sake

醉翁之意不在酒

Kill to birds with one stone

一箭双雕

Laughter is the best medicine

笑一笑，十年少

Let beggars match with beggars

龙配龙，凤配凤

Like begets like

龙生龙，凤生凤，老鼠生来会打洞

Like cures like

以毒攻毒

Like father, like son

有其父必有其子

Live and learn

活到老，学到老

Love is blind

情人眼里出西施

Love me ; love my dog

爱屋及乌

Love will find a way

精诚所至，石为开

Man purpose, god disposes

谋事在人，事在天

Man’s extremity is god’s opportunity

车到山前必有路

Many hands make light work

人多力量大

Misery loves company

同病相怜

No pains ,no gains

不劳则无获

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart/mind

有志者事竟成

One bitten, twice shy

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳

Out of sight ,out of mind

眼不见，心不烦

Play both ends against the Middle

河蚌相争，渔翁得利

Practice makes perfect

熟能生巧

Seeing is believing

百闻不如一见

Speak of the devil and he appears

说曹操曹操到

Time flies

时光飞逝

Tomorrow is another day

明天还有希望

Turn somebody’s battery against himself

以其人之矛攻其盾

What can you expect from a got but a grount

狗嘴里吐不出象牙

When the cat’s away ,the mice will play

山中无老虎，猴子称霸王

What’s done by night appears by day

要想人不知，除非己莫为

Word is spoken is past recalling

一言既出，马难追

We only live once

人生在世须尽欢

You scratch my back , I’ll scratch yours

你敬我一尺，我敬你一丈

经典中文词汇英文翻译