百科｜端午節，吃肉粽還是豆沙粽？
今日端午，分享與端午相關的六個關鍵詞和多種實用表達，看看如何用英語介紹端午節。
關鍵詞
端午節
Dragon Boat Festival
中國傳統節日，農曆五月初五。相傳古代詩人屈原在五月初五投江自殺，後人把這天作為節日紀念他。有划龍舟比賽、包粽子等風俗。
A traditional Chinese festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month。 Legend has it that the poet Qu Yuan of ancient times drowned himself in the river， and people after him have designated this day as a festival in honour of him， holding dragon boats race and preparing pyramid-shaped dumplings of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves。
龍船
dragon boat
裝飾成龍形的船。有的地區在端午節用龍船來舉行划船競賽。
A boat decorated like a dragon which people row in a race in some regions in the Dragon Boat Festival。
粽子
zongzi； rice dumplings
中國傳統食品。用竹葉或葦葉包裹糯米，紮成三角形或其他形狀，煮熟後食用，有鹹甜兩種。民間風俗，端午節吃粽子。
A traditional Chinese dumpling， pyramid-shaped or otherwise， made of glutinous rice and sweetened bean paste or meat， wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves， customarily eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival。
雄黃酒
realgar wine
用雄黃泡製而成的酒，農曆五月初五端午節的傳統飲品。
Chinese liquor seasoned with realgar to be drunk at the Dragon Boat Festival， the fifth day of the fifth lunar month。
屈原
Qu Yuan
屈原（約前340—前278），名平，字原，又名正則，字靈均。戰國時代楚國人。他主張選拔德才兼備的人出任官職，以實現富國強兵的理想。但朝中貴族竭力反對、毀謗和打擊他。後來被長期流放沅江和湘江一帶，最後絕望投江而死。屈原是中國最早的偉大詩人。他的詩作語言優美，想象豐富，對後世影響很大。代表作品有《離騷》等。
Qu Yuan （340？ B。C。 — 278 B。C。）。 His given name was Ping and his alternative name， Yuan。 His another given name was Zhengze and his another alternative name， Lingjun。 He was born in the Chu State of the Warring States （475 B。C。 —221 B。C。）。 He insisted on choosing competent people with political integrity to be government officials so as to materialize his ideal of making his country both strong and prosperous。 However， the noble men in the imperial court sought hard to oppose， slander and lash out at him。 As a result， he was sent into exile in the deltas of the Yuan River and the Xiang River。 In despair he finally drowned himself in the river。 He is regarded as the greatest poet in the early period of ancient China。 His poetry is of refined language and rich imagination， and has exerted a great influence on the late literary creation。 His representative work isThe Lament。
《離騷》
The Lament
《楚辭》篇名，屈原的代表作。作品表達作者要選賢任能、革新政治的愛國思想和遠大抱負。
A masterpiece ofChuci（Chu poetry） by Qu Yuan of the Warring States Period （475 B。C。 — 221 B。C。）， expressing the poet‘s patriotism and burning desire for political reform and his urgent call for appointment of competent officials in the decadent government。
必備詞彙
端午節 Dragon Boat Festival
粽子 zongzi； rice dumplings
肉粽子 zongzistuffed with meat
棗粽子zongzistuffed with red dates
豆沙粽子 zongzistuffed with bean paste
粽葉 reed or bamboo leaves
糯米 glutinous rice
艾草 Chinese mugwort； moxa
雄黃酒 realgar wine
龍船賽 dragon boat race
戰國時期 Warring States Period
《楚辭》Chuci（Chu poetry）
《離騷》The Lament
實用表達
包粽子 make/wrapzongzi
飲雄黃酒 drink realgar wine
賽龍舟 hold a dragon-boat race/regatta
劃龍船 paddle/row a dragon boat
紀念屈原 in honour of Qu Yuan
以上內容整理自《中國語言文化背景漢英雙解詞典》和《新時代漢英大詞典》（第2版）。
《中國語言文化背景漢英雙解詞典》共收單字和複合詞約7500條，提供詞條的概念本義與背景知識。本詞典既是世界各國英語讀者學習漢語瞭解中國的工具書，又是國內教師、學生及翻譯工作者的參考書。
