四大发明：the four great inventions
印刷术/活字印刷术：printing/movable-type printing
造纸术：paper-making
指南针：compass
火药：gunpowder
丝绸之路：the Silk Road
瓷器/*陶器：china/pottery
硬币/纸币：coins/paper bills
对外贸易/海外贸易/*海上贸易：foreign trade/overseas trade/maritime commerce
古代文明：ancient civilization
文化交流：cultural exchange
文化冲突：cultural shock/cultural conflict
文化产业：cultural industry
文化遗产：cultural heritage
乡村文化：rural culture
民族文化：national culture
民间艺术：folk art
表演艺术：performing art
特征：feature/characteristic
祖先：ancestor
哲学家：philosopher
中国文学：Chinese literature
中外学者：Chinese and overseas scholars
巨著：great works
显著成就：remarkable achievements
神话/传说：myth/legend
阳历/阴历：solar calendar/lunar calendar
金/木/水/火/土：metal/wood/water/fire/earth
工艺/手工艺品：craft/ handicraft
唐朝：Tang Dynasty
始于...年/持续...时间/灭亡：begin in/last for/collapse
统治/统治者：govern (v.) rule (v)/ruler (n.)
在...统治下：during the reign of ...
权力/权威：power/authority
戏剧/京剧/剧院：drama/Peking Opera/theater
诗人/政客：poet/politician
少数民族：ethnic minority
社会地位：social status
起源于：originate in/from …
（在一个地方起源用in，从一个地方起源用from）
追溯到: be traced back to …/trace … back to…
发源地：birthplace
古代：ancient times
现代：modern times
独特元素：a unique element
组成（选一背诵即可）：
A constitute B/A comprise B/A make up B （A组成B）
B consist of A/B is composed of A （B由A组成）
【常见错误：切忌不要用comprise of】
工业革命：industrial revolution
代表：represent/stand for
象征：symbolize (v.) /symbolic (adj.) /symbol (n.)
繁荣：prosperous (adj.) / prosperity (n.) /flourish (v.)
国宝：national treasure
*腐败：corruption
*扩大领土：extend the territory/domain
*夺取政权：seize the power
*才子佳人：gifted scholars and beautiful ladies
*下棋饮茶：play chess and drink tea
*耕耘收割：sow and reap
*织布缝衣：weave and sew
*湖上打渔：fish on the lake
*砍柴采药：cut firewood and gather herbs
*吟诗作画：compose poems and paint pictures
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