历史类:

春秋the Spring and Autumn Period

战国:Warring States

丝绸之路:Silk Road

鸦片战争:the Opium War

辛亥革命:the Revolution of 1911

大跃进:Great Leap Forward (Movement)

四人帮:Gang of Four

文化大革命:Cultural Revolution

红卫兵:Red Guard

太监:eunuch

缠足:foot-binding

生活习俗类:

民俗:folkways

四合院:Siheyuan/ Quadrangle

风水:Fengshui/ Geomantic Omen

红白喜事:weddings and funerals

集体舞:group dance

小吃摊:snack bar/ snack stand

茶馆:teahouse/ teabar

铁饭碗:iron bowl

结婚证:marriage certificate

剩女:leftover woman

古装片:costume drama

武打片:Chinese swordplay movie

戏曲:traditional opera

杂耍:vaudeville

京剧:Beijing Opera/Peking Opera

京剧脸谱:types of facial makeup in Beijing opera

生:male characters

末:middle-aged male characters

净:”painted face” characters

旦:female characters

丑:clown

秦腔:Qin Opera

相声:cross-talk/ comic dialogue

电视小品:TV sketch/ TV skit

太极拳:Tai Chi/ shadowboxing

门当户对:perfect match/ exact match

门神:door gods

对联:poetic couplet

龙图腾:the dragon totem

中医:traditional Chinese medicine

针灸:acupuncture

国家中医药管理局:State Administration of TCM Pharmacology

社会政治类:

一国两制:one country, two systerms

中国特色社会主义:Chinese-character Socialist/Socialist with Chinese characteristics

大中型国有企业:large and medium-sized State-owned enterprises

合资企业:joint venture

物质精神文明建设:construction of material and spiritual civilization

下岗:lay off/ laid off

地理名胜类:

黄土高原:Loess Plateau

长江中下游地区:The Mid-low Reaches of Yangtze River

天坛:Altar of Heaven in Beijing

故宫博物院:The Palace Museum

御花园:imperial garden

莫高窟:Mogao Caves

西湖:West Lake

兵马俑:cotta Warriors/ Terracotta Army

美食类:

馄饨:wonton

锅贴:guotie (fried jiaozi)

花卷:steamed twisted rolls

套餐:set meal

盒饭:box lunch/ Chinese take-away

米豆腐:rice tofu

魔芋豆腐:konjak tofu

米粉:rice noodles

冰糖葫芦:a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples,etc.)

火锅:chafing dish/ hot pot

八宝饭:eight-treasure rice pudding

粉丝:glass noodles

豆腐脑:jellied bean curd

酱油:soy sauce

臭豆腐:stinky tofu

大闸蟹:Chinese mitten crab

春卷:spring roll

年糕:rice cake 

本帮菜:local cuisine

舌尖上的中国:A Bite of China

宗教及其他:

禅宗:Zen Buddhism

道教:Taoism

神道教:Shiutoism

佛教:Buddhism

和尚:bonze

财神:the God of Wealth

土地神:Local God of the Land

龙王:Dragon King

寿:longevity

福:good fortune

和:harmony

看了以上的总结,你心里一定也有自己的想法,你可以在此基础上添加你另外想到的,也可以按照你的喜好来制作自己的专题词汇册,这样背单词就不再是一件苦差事,而有了属于你自己的趣味。