《中高级口译考试词汇必备》
篆书         seal script / seal character
隶书……      official script
行书          running script
草书……      cursive script
楷书……      regular script
拜年           pay a new year visit
爆竹、鞭炮     firecracker
除夕           Eve of Chinese new year
春联           spring couplets
辞旧迎新       bring out the old year and ring in the new 
饺子           boiled dumpling
锅贴           pot sticker
庙会           temple fair
鸣钟辞旧岁     ring out the old year
年画           traditional new year pictures
年夜饭         the eve feast / family reunion dinner on lunar new year's eve
年终大扫除     year end household cleaning
守岁           stay up late on the new year's eve
压岁钱         new year gift money / money given to children as a new year gift
舞龙           dragon dance
元宵           sweet sticky rice dumplings
花灯           festival lantern
灯谜           lantern riddle
狮子舞         lion dance
清明节          Pure Brightness Festival
扫墓            perform sacrifices to one's ancestors or relatives
祭祖            offer sacrifices to the ancestors
踏青            go for an outing in spring
赛龙舟          dragon-boat race
粽子            pyramid shaped dumpling made by glutinous rice wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves
亡灵            departed soul
忠臣            loyal minister
屈原            the poet
月饼            mooncake
赏月            appreciate the glorious full moon
桂花            sweet osmanthus
赏菊            admire the beauty of chrysanthemum
登高            climb mountain
中药            TCM（traditional chinese medicine）
秦始皇          the first emperor / emperor Qin
皇太后          empress dowager
汉高祖刘邦      founder of the Han dynasty (206 B.C---220 A.D)
文明摇篮        cradle of civilization
明清两代        Ming and Qing dynasties
中华文明        Chinese civilization
历史学家        historian
地理学家        geographer
江南水乡        the south of the lower reaches of Yangtse River
水乡景色        riverside scenery