"cultural adequacy" Chinese-English Dictionary

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节目 節目 jié mù (TV or radio) program / show / item / act / segment / number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3],項|项[xiang4],臺|台[tai2],套[tao4],檔|档[dang4] syn
价值 價值 jià zhí value / worth / fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
文化 wén huà culture / civilization / cultural / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] syn
文物 wén wù cultural relic / historical relic / CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4]
多重 duō chóng multi- (faceted, cultural, ethnic etc) syn
插队 插隊 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) syn
同化 tóng huà assimilation (cultural, digestive, phonemic etc)
保育 bǎo yù to look after (children) / childcare / to protect (wildlife, cultural heritage etc) / conservation syn
中华 中華 zhōng huá Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1hua2 wen2hua4] "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1hua2 Min2guo2] syn
四人帮 四人幫 sì rén bāng Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青[Jiang1 Qing1], Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥[Zhang1 Chun1 qiao2], Yao Wenyuan 姚文元[Yao2 Wen2 yuan2], Wang Hongwen 王洪文[Wang2 Hong2 wen2], who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
批斗 批鬥 pī dòu to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution)
重地 zhòng dì location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public) / sensitive area syn
文娱 文娛 wén yú cultural recreation / entertainment
牛棚 niú péng cowshed / makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution / (baseball) bullpen
文化大革命 wén huà dà gé mìng Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
文风 文風 wén fēng writing style / (used with 鼎盛[ding3 sheng4]) cultural activity
红卫兵 紅衛兵 hóng wèi bīng Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn
知青 zhī qīng educated youth (sent to work in farms during the Cultural Revolution), abbr. for 知識青年|知识青年[zhi1 shi5 qing1 nian2] syn
采风 採風 cǎi fēng to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc) syn
独尊 獨尊 dú zūn to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant syn
邓小平理论 鄧小平理論 dèng xiǎo píng lǐ lùn Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control
文革 wén gé Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4])
文化遗产 文化遺產 wén huà yí chǎn cultural heritage
大中华 大中華 dà zhōng huá Greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas
文化交流 wén huà jiāo liú cultural exchange
典藏 diǎn cáng repository of items of cultural significance / collection
林彪 lín biāo Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at the time of the Cultural Revolution
人文景观 人文景觀 rén wén jǐng guān place of cultural interest
刘少奇 劉少奇 liú shào qí Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
教科文组织 教科文組織 jiào kē wén zǔ zhī UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
联合国教科文组织 聯合國教科文組織 lián hé guó jiào kē wén zǔ zhī UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
彭德怀 彭德懷 péng dé huái Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution
文化宫 文化宮 wén huà gōng cultural palace syn
世界文化遗产 世界文化遺產 shì jiè wén huà yí chǎn (UNESCO) World Cultural Heritage
贺龙 賀龍 hè lóng He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution
国家文物局 國家文物局 guó jiā wén wù jú PRC State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH)
凤凰古城 鳳凰古城 fèng huáng gǔ chéng Fenghuang Ancient Town, in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2008 in the Cultural category
周作人 zhōu zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution
样板戏 樣板戲 yàng bǎn xì model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution)
文化圈 wén huà juàn sphere of cultural influence
文化圈 wén huà quān sphere of cultural influence
康生 kāng shēng Kang Sheng (1896-1975), Chinese communist leader, a politburo member during the Cultural Revolution and posthumously blamed for some of its excesses
华国锋 華國鋒 huá guó fēng Hua Guofeng (1921-), leader of Chinese Communist Party after the Cultural Revolution
走资派 走資派 zǒu zī pài capitalist roader (person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution)
朦胧诗 朦朧詩 méng lóng shī Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement
文化史 wén huà shǐ cultural history
吴晗 吳晗 wú hán Wu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, hounded to his death together with several members of his family during the cultural revolution
黑五类 黑五類 hēi wǔ lèi the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists
谭震林 譚震林 tán zhèn lín Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution
郭小川 guō xiǎo chuān Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long persecution during Cultural Revolution
巴山夜雨 bā shān yè yǔ rain on Mt Ba (idiom) / lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
文化热 文化熱 wén huà rè cultural fever / cultural craze
教科文组织文化统计框架 UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics / Framework for Cultural Statistics
斗批改 鬥批改 dòu pī gǎi struggle, criticize, and transform (Cultural Revolution catchcry)
文化传统 文化傳統 wén huà chuán tǒng cultural tradition
文化的交流 wén huà de jiāo liú cultural exchange
文化障碍 文化障礙 wén huà zhàng ài cultural barrier
郭沫若 guō mò ruò Guo Moruo (1892-1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik
香港文化中心 xiāng gǎng wén huà zhōng xīn Hong Kong Cultural Center
三家村 sān jiā cūn (lit.) village of three households / the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓[Deng4 Tuo4], Wu Han 吳晗|吴晗[Wu2 Han2] and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙[Liao4 Mo4 sha1], criticized as anti-Party during the Cultural Revolution syn
五七干校 五七幹校 wǔ qī gàn xiào May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 bu4 Xue2 xiao4])
五七干部学校 五七幹部學校 wǔ qī gàn bù xué xiào May 7 Cadre School (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. to 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4])
古文运动 古文運動 gǔ wén yùn dòng cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song
周瘦鹃 周瘦鵑 zhōu shòu juān Zhou Shoujuan (1895-1968), writer, translator and art collector in Suzhou, a victim of the Cultural Revolution
四旧 四舊 sì jiù the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)
国家文物委员会 國家文物委員會 guó jiā wén wù wěi yuán huì National Committee of Cultural Heritage
国家文物鉴定委员会 國家文物鑒定委員會 guó jiā wén wù jiàn dìng wěi yuán huì National Commission for the Identification of Cultural Heritage
大中华区 大中華區 dà zhōng huá qū greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas
宁左勿右 寧左勿右 nìng zuǒ wù yòu (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
廖沫沙 liào mò shā Liao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and imprisoned for 10 years during the Cultural Revolution
廷巴克图 廷巴克圖 tíng bā kè tú Timbuktoo (town and historical cultural center in Mali, a World Heritage site)
张溥 張溥 zhāng pǔ Ming dynasty scholar (1602-1641), prolific writer, proponent of the Fushe 復社|复社[Fu4she4] cultural renewal movement, author of Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记[Wu3 Ren2 Mu4bei1ji4]
揪斗 揪鬥 jiū dòu to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution) syn
文化层 文化層 wén huà céng cultural layer (in an archaeological dig)
破四旧 破四舊 pò sì jiù Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
经济社会及文化权利国际公约 經濟社會及文化權利國際公約 jīng jì shè huì jí wén huà quán lì guó jì gōng yuē International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
臭老九 chòu lǎo jiǔ stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution) syn
血统论 血統論 xuè tǒng lùn class division into proletariat and bourgeoisie class enemy, in use esp. during the Cultural Revolution
复社 複社 fù shè Fushe, late Ming political and cultural movement led by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] and others, advocating the revival of ancient studies
邓拓 鄧拓 dèng tuò Deng Tuo (1912-1966), sociologist and journalist, died under persecution at the start of the Cultural Revolution / wrote under the pen name Ma Nancun 馬南邨|马南邨
阶级成分 階級成分 jiē jí chéng fèn social composition / social status (in Marxist theory, esp. using during the Cultural Revolution)
韩爱晶 韓愛晶 hán ài jīng Han Aijing (1945-), notorious red guard leader during Cultural Revolution, spent 15 years in prison for imprisoning and torturing political leaders
鲍德里亚 鮑德里亞 bào dé lǐ yà Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007), French cultural theorist and philosopher
文化灭绝 文化滅絕 wén huà miè jué cultural genocide
经济、社会及文化权利国际公约 經濟、社會及文化權利國際公約 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
联合国教育、科学及文化组织 聯合國教育、科學及文化組織 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
艾未未 ài wèi wèi Ai Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as cultural criticism and political activism
非物质文化遗产 非物質文化遺產 fēi wù zhì wén huà yí chǎn (UNESCO) Intangible Cultural Heritage
文化财产 文化財產 wén huà cái chǎn cultural property
文化景观 文化景觀 wén huà jǐng guān cultural landscapes
非洲文化学会 African Cultural Institute
人权和文化多样性问题部长级会议 Ministerial Meeting on Human Rights and Cultural Diversity
人权和文化多样性德黑兰宣言和行动纲领 Tehran Declaration and Programme of Action on Human Rights and Cultural Diversity
非法贩卖文化财产问题区域讲习班 fēi fǎ fàn mài wén huà cái chǎn wèn tí qū yù jiǎng xí bān Regional Workshop on Illicit Traffic of Cultural Properties
亚洲发展文化论坛 Asian Cultural Forum on Development
非洲文化发展计划 African Cultural Development Plan
安德列斯·贝略协定 ān dé liè sī middot;bei4 lüè xié dìng Andrés Bello Convention concerning the educational, scientific and cultural integration of the countries of the Andean Region / Andrés Bello Convention
文化遗产司 wén huà yí chǎn sī Division of Cultural Heritage
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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