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"cultural tradition" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
文化传统 文化傳統 wén huà chuán tǒng cultural tradition
Chinese Pinyin Translation
传统 傳統 chuán tǒng tradition / traditional / convention / conventional / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
继承 繼承 jì chéng to inherit / to succeed to (the throne etc) / to carry on (a tradition etc) syn
习俗 習俗 xí sú custom / tradition / local tradition / convention syn
武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
悠久 yōu jiǔ long (tradition, history etc) syn
正统 正統 zhèng tǒng orthodoxy / tradition / orthodox / traditional / principles of dynastic succession / (of an heir) legitimate syn
传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance syn
相传 相傳 xiāng chuán to pass on / to hand down / tradition has it that ... / according to legend syn
鼻祖 bí zǔ the earliest ancestor / originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc) syn
真传 真傳 zhēn chuán authentic tradition / handed-down teachings or techniques
秉承 bǐng chéng to take orders / to receive commands / to carry on (a tradition) syn
遗风 遺風 yí fēng tradition or style from the past / old ways / surviving tradition / relic
断线 斷線 duàn xiàn (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off
须弥 須彌 xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
民间传说 民間傳說 mín jiān chuán shuō popular tradition / folk legend
梁漱溟 liáng shù míng Liang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition
门风 門風 mén fēng family tradition / family principles syn
关汉卿 關漢卿 guān hàn qīng Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
沿 yán along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge syn
嗣 sì succession (to a title) / to inherit / continuing (a tradition) / posterity syn
马致远 馬緻遠 mǎ zhì yuǎn Ma Zhiyuan (c. 1250-1321), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan Dramatists 元曲四大家[Yuan2 qu3 Si4 Da4 jia1]
抱残守缺 抱殘守缺 bào cán shǒu quē to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom) / conservative / stickler for tradition syn
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
嗣徽 sì huī heritage / the continuation (of a tradition)
嗣响 嗣響 sì xiǎng lit. a following echo / fig. to continue (a tradition)
托马斯·阿奎纳 托馬斯·阿奎納 TuomasiAkuina Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
白朴 白樸 bái pǔ Bai Pu (1226-1306), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
苏非主义 蘇非主義 sū fēi zhǔ yì Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition)
郑光祖 鄭光祖 zhèng guāng zǔ Zheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
开门炮 開門砲 kāi mén pào firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
须弥山 須彌山 xū mí shān Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
命名日 mìng míng rì name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)
法律传统 法律傳統 legal tradition
托马斯・阿奎纳 托馬斯・阿奎納 tuō mǎ sī · ā kuí nà Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
奇门遁甲 奇門遁甲 qí mén dùn jiǎ ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)
托马斯·阿奎纳 托馬斯·阿奎納 tuō mǎ sī · ā kuí nà Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
赵公元帅 趙公元帥 zhào gōng yuán shuài Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism syn
赵公明 趙公明 zhào gōng míng Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
赵玄坛 趙玄壇 zhào xuán tán Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
易卜拉欣 yì bǔ lā xīn (name) Ibrahim or Ebrahim / Ibrahim, a revered prophet in Islam, known as Abraham in the Judeo-Christian tradition
斗批改 鬥批改 dòu pī gǎi struggle, criticize, and transform (Cultural Revolution catchcry)
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
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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