第一篇：中國特有詞匯

中國特有詞匯

臺灣、香港、澳門保持原有的資本主義制度和生活方式長期不變Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao will retain the current capitalist system and way of life for a long time to come.?

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? 炭疽anthrax踢皮球pass the buck逃避銀行債務evasion of repayment of bank loans韜光養晦hide one’s capacities and bide one’s time討價還價wheel and deal統籌兼顧make overall plans adn take all factors into consideration;overall planning and all-round consideration同鄉會an association of fellow provincials or townsmen筒子樓tube-shaped apartment團隊精神team spirit;esprit de corps團結就是力量Unity is strength.退耕還林還草grain for green退耕還林還牧convert the land for forestry and pasture鴕鳥政策ostrich policy;ostrichism脫貧致富 “cast(shake, throw)off poverty and set out on a road to prosperity“ 拖欠工資arrears of wage 西部大開發Western Development西電東送transmit the electricity from the western areas to East China;West-East electricity transmission project洗禮baptism希望工程Hope Project · 《西廂記》 The Romance of West Chamber · 《西行漫記》 Red Star over China夕陽產業sunset industry西洋景Peep Show喜憂參半mingled hope and fear

· 《西游記》 Pilgrimage to the West;Journey to the West

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? 下放權力給delegating the management of...(to...)下崗職工laid-off workers下崗職工基本生活費subsistence allowances for laid-off workers下海plunge into the commercial sea現代 企業 制度modern enterprise system;modern corporate system先發制人戰略pre-emptive strategy縣級市county-level city先入為主First impressions are firmly entrenched.先下手為強catch the ball before the bound香港明天更好基金會Better Hong Kong Foundation香港特別行政區Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(HKSAR)

? 向錢看 “mammonism, put money above all“

? 像熱鍋上的螞蟻like an ant on a hot pan

? 鄉統籌,村提留fees paid by farmers for overall township planning and village reserve? 小而全small and all-inclusive

? 小金庫a private coffer

? 小康a comfortable level of living;a better-off life;moderate prosperity

? 小康之家well-off family;comfortably-off family

? 效率優先,兼顧公平give priority to efficiency with due consideration to fairness

? 校訓school motto

? 宵夜a stoke of midnight

? 效益工資achievements-related wages;wages based on benefits

? 邪教heathendom

? 斜拉索橋stayed-cable bridge

? 寫真集photo album

? 信得過產品trustworthy product

? 新的經濟增長點new point for/ sources of economic growth

? 新干線 “the Shinkansen, bullet train“

? 新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean

西電東送transmission of electricity from the western to the eastern region

心理素質psychological quality

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? 信息高速公路information superhighway心想事成May all your wish come true新新人類New Human Being；X Generation形成全方位、多層次、寬領域的開放格局form an all-directional, multi-layered and wide-ranging opening pattern形而上學metaphysics性價比cost performance形式主義formalism形象小姐/先生image representative of a product or a brand虛開增值稅發票write false value added tax invoices許可證制度license granting mechanisms虛心使人進步,驕傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.懸而未決的問題outstanding question選美beauty contest學而優則仕(a Confucian slogan for education)a good scholar can become an official;he who excels in study can follow an official career學歷教育education with record of formal schooling學生減負alleviate the burden on students 亞太經濟合作組織APEC(Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation)亞洲金融危機financial crisis in Asia嚴打措施 “Strike-Hard““ drive “嚴打斗爭 “Strike-Hard Operation, campaign to crack down relentlessly on criminal activities“沿海經濟開發區open coastal economic area

· 言情小說romantic fiction;sentimental novel

嚴以律己,寬以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

陽春（最經濟方式）no-frills

羊肉串小攤barbecue stall

洋務運動Westernization Movement

搖錢樹cash cow

搖頭丸dancing outreach

以產定人,減員增效employ workers in accordance with production needs and increase efficiency while reducing the staff

? 一次性筷子throwaway chopsticks

? 一次性用品disposable goods

? 一刀切cut it even at one stroke—make it rigidly uniform;impose uniformity in all cases;

allow no flexibility

? 移動通訊mobile communication

? 依法治國manage state affairs according to law;run state affairs according to law

? 以法治國，以德治國to govern the country with law and moral

? 一帆風順Wishing you every success

? 一方有難,八方支援When disaster struck, help came from all sides.? 一個中心,兩個基本點one central task, two basic points

? 以公有制為主體，多種經濟成分共同發展the pattern with the public sector remaining

dominant and diverse sectors of the economy developing side by side

? 一國兩制 “One country, two systems“

? 義和團運動Boxer Uprising

? 以經濟 建設 為中心focusing on the central task of economic construction

? 一攬子(計劃)one-package(plan)

? 一切向錢看money-oriented

? 以權謀私abuse of power for personal gains

? 以人為本people oriented;people foremost

?以上海浦東開發開放為龍頭,進一步開放長江沿岸城市open more cities along the Yangtze

River, while concentrating on the development and opening of the Pudong Area of Shanghai? 一手抓物質文明，一手抓精神文明；一手抓經濟建設，一手抓民主法制；一手抓改革

開放，一手抓打擊犯罪懲治腐敗We must always work for material progress and at the same time for cultural and ethical progress;We should develop the economy and at the same time strengthen democracy and the legal system;We should promote reform and opening to the outside world and at the same time fight crime and punish corruption.? 義演benefit performance;charity performance

? 以眼還眼,以牙還牙an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

? 一言既出，駟馬難追A real man never goes back on his words.? 以質量求生存、求發展、求效益 “strive for survival, development and efficiency on the

basis of quality“

? 以質量求發展strategy of development through quality;win the market with quality

products

? 硬道理 “absolute principle, top priority“

? 英雄所見略同Great minds think alike.? 營養不良malnutrition

? 有法可依,有法必依,執法必嚴,違法必究There must be laws to go by, the laws must be

observed and strictly enforced, and lawbreakers must be prosecuted.? 有個奔頭have something to look forward to;have somehthing to expect

? 憂患意識awareness of unexpected development;being prepared for unexpected ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

development;being prepared for any eventualities

? 優化資源配置optimize the allocation of resources

? 優化組合optimization grouping;optional regrouping

? 有理想、有道德、有文化、有紀律 “with lofty ideals, integrety, knowledge and a strong

sense of discipline“

? 有理,有利,有節on just grounds, to one’s advantage and with restraint； with good reason,with advantage and with restraint

? 有錢能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go.Money talks.? 有情人終成眷屬 “Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.“

? 優勝劣汰survival of the fittest

? 優勢互補(of two countries or companies)have complementary advantages

? 有識之士people of vision

? 有緣千里來相會Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by

predestination.? 有中國特色的社會主義道路road of socialism with Chinese characteristics

? 鷸蚌相爭，漁人得利 “when the snip and the calm grapple, it is the fisherman who stands to

benefit;two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it“

? 預防為主,誰污染誰治理和強化環境 管理三大政策three major principles for environment

control: to put prevention first, to hold those who cause pollution responsible for cleaning up and to improve environmental protection and management

? 與國際慣例接軌become compatible with internationally accepted practices

? 與國際市場接軌integrate with the world market;become integrated into the global market

? 欲窮千里目，更上一層樓 “to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further;Ascend

further, were you to look farther;Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight.“? 與時俱進advance with the times

? 冤假錯案 “cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced;

unjust, false or wrong cases“

? 冤家宜解不宜結Better make friends than make enemies.? 援藏干部cadres sent to support/aid Tibet

? 在孵（孵化器）企業incubated enterprises(incubator)

? 在建項目后續資金additional funding for projects under construction

? 再就業服務中心re-employment service center

? 再就業工程re-employment project / program

? 宰（客）to swindle money out of our customers

有中國特色的社會主義民主政治a socilalist democracy with Chinese characteristics

災民flood victims;flood-stricken people

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? 宰人rip off造假帳falsified accounts早戀puppy love增強人民體質build up people’s health增值稅value added tax(VAT)債臺高筑become debt-ridden戰斧式巡航導彈Tomahawk cruise missile占著茅坑不拉屎be a dog in the manger漲落線advance balance line掌上電腦palm pilot招財進寶Money and treasures will be plentiful

? 招商引資attract/bid for/invite investments(from overseas)

? 招生就業指導辦公室enrolment and vocation guidance office

? 真善美the true, the good and the beautiful;truth, good and beauty

? 振興經濟revitalize the economy

? 振興中華make China powerful and strong;revitalize the Chinese nation

? 震源focus(of an earthquake), seismic origin

? 震中epicenter

政府采購government procurement

· 政府搭臺，部門推動，企業 唱戲 “Governments set up the stage, various departments cooperate and enterprise put in the show.“

? 正氣uprightness;integrity;probity;rectitude

? 政企分開separate government functions from enterprise management

? 政治合格，軍事過硬，作風優良，紀律嚴明，保障有力 “be qualified politically and

competent militarily, have a fine style of work, maintain strict discipline and be assured of adequate logistical support“

? 政治協商、民主監督、參政議政exercise political consultation and democratic supervision

and participate in deliberating and administration of state affairs

? 紙包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.? 知己知彼,百戰不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred

battles with no danger of defeat.? 直接道歉a straight-out apology

? 直接三通與雙向交流three direct links(mail, air and shipping services and trade)and

bilateral exchanges

? 智力引進recruit / introduce(foreign)talents

? 智囊團、思想 庫the brain trust；think tank

? 職能轉換transformation of functions

? 知識經濟knowledge-based economy

? 知識經濟knowledge economy , knowledge-base economy

? 知識就是力量Knowledge is power.? 知識密集knowledge-intensive

? 職務發明on-duty invention

植物人human vegetable;vegetable

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? 直銷direct marketing;door-to-door sale支柱產業pillar / cornerstone industry中國電信China Telecom中國聯通公司China Unicom中國移動通信公司China Mobile中國證監會China’s Securities Regulatory Commission中國 證券 監督 管理 委員會China Securities Regulatory Commission(CSRC)重 合同、守信用的原則the principle of equality and mutual benefit and “honoring

contracts adn standing by reputation“

? 重合同,守信用abide by contracts and keep one’s words;honor credit and promise

? 中華世紀壇China Millennium Monument

· 《中美三個聯合公報》 The Three Sino-US Joint Communiqué?

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中美戰略核武器互不瞄準對方non-targeting strategic nuclear weapons against each other中山裝Chinese tunic suit中央領導集體central collective leadership中藥traditional Chinese medicine珠穆朗瑪峰Mount Qomolangma抓住機遇,深化改革,擴大開放,促進發展,保持穩定seize the current opportunity, deepen the reform, open China wider to the outside world, promote development and maintain stability抓住機遇seize the opportunity轉軌transfer to a different track;retracking專利產品，仿冒必究patented product(s), counterfeiting not allowed專賣店exclusive agency;franchised store專門人才professional personnel;special talents專升本upgrade from junior college student to university student;students with the diploma of junior college try to obtain the undergraduate diplomat through self-taught study轉世靈童reincarnated soul boy自學成才become well-educated through self-study自由職業者free lance自主經營,自負盈虧make one’s own management decisions and take full responsibility for one’s own profits and losses自作自受stew in one’s own juice綜合國力comprehensive national strength綜藝節目variety show走過場go through the motions走后門get in by the back door走上良性發展的軌道going on the track of sound progress走穴 “(actors, singers, etc.)perform for outside salary income without approval by the unit they belong to “阻礙 司法obstruction of justice 祖國和平統一大業peaceful reunification of the motherland做假帳salt a false account左傾pinko坐視不管sit idle左右為難between the devil and the deep blue sea;between the rock and the hard place職務犯罪crime by taking advantage of duty

第二篇：中國特有詞匯英文翻譯

中國特有詞匯英文翻譯

1、中國意念詞的翻譯(Chinesenesses)八卦 trigram 陰、陽 yin, yang 道 Dao(cf.logo)江湖(世界)the jianghu World(the traits’ world)e.g.You can’t control everything in a traits’ world.(人在江湖，身不由己)道 Daoism(Taoism)上火 excessive internal heat 儒學 Confucianism 紅學(《紅樓夢》研究)redology 世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia 開放 kaifang(Chinese openness to the outside world)大鍋飯 getting an equal share regardless of the work done 傷痕文學 scar literature or the literature of the wounded 不搞一刀切 no imposing uniformity on …

合乎國情，順乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people 亂攤派，亂收費 imposition of arbitrary quotas and service charge 鐵交椅 iron(lifetime)post’s;guaranteed leading post 脫貧 to shake off poverty;anti-poverty 治則興，亂則衰 Order leads to prosperity and chaos to decline、中華民族的喜慶節日的翻譯(Chinese Festivial)國慶節 National Day 中秋節 Mid-Autumn Festival 春節 Spring Festival 元宵節 Lantern Festival 兒童節 Children’s Day 端午節 Dragon Boat Festival 婦女節 Women’s Day 潑水節 Water-Splashing Day 教師節 Teachers’ Day 五四青年節 Youth Day

3、中國獨特的傳統飲食的翻譯(Unique Traditional Chinese Foods)餛飩 wonton 鍋貼 guotie(fried jiaozi)花卷 steamed twisted rolls 套餐 set meal 盒飯 box lunch;Chinese take-away 米豆腐 rice tofu 魔芋豆腐 konjak tofu 米粉 rice noodles 冰糖葫蘆 a stick of sugar-coated haws(or apples,etc。)火鍋 chafing dish 八寶飯 eight-treasure rice pudding 粉絲 glass noodles 豆腐腦 jellied bean curd、中國新興事物的翻譯(Newly Sprouted Things)十五計劃 the 10th Five-Year Plan 中國計算機聯網 Chinanet 三峽工程 the Three Gorges Project 希望工程 Project Hope 京九鐵路 Beijing CKowloon Railway 扶貧工程 Anti-Poverty Project 菜籃子工程 Vegetable Basket Project 溫飽工程 Decent-Life Project 安居工程 Economy Housing Project 掃黃 Porn-Purging Campaign 西部大開發 Go-West Campaign、特有的一些中文詞匯的翻譯 禪宗 Zen Buddhism 禪 dhyana;dhgaya 混沌 chaos 道 Daosim, the way and its power 四諦 Four Noble Truth 八正道 Eightfold Path 無常 anity 五行說 Theory of Five Elements 無我 anatman 坐禪 metta or transcendental meditation 空 sunyata 虛無 nothingness 雙喜 double happiness(中)，a doubled stroke of luck(英)小品 witty skits 相聲 cross-talk 噱頭 gimmick, stunt 夜貓子 night people;night-owls 本命年 this animal year of sb。處世之道 philosophy of life 姻緣 yinyuan(prefixed fate of marriage)還愿 redeem a wish(vows)、具有文化特色的現代表述的翻譯 大陸中國 Mainland China 紅寶書 little red book 紅色中國 socialist China 四化 Four Modernizations 終生職業 job-for-life 鐵飯碗 iron rice bowl 大鍋飯 communal pot 關系戶 closely-related units 外出打工人員 migrant workers 關系網 personal nets, closely-knitted guild 五講(講文明、講禮貌、講衛生、講秩序、講道德)：the Five Merits focus on decorum, manners, hygiene, disciplines and morals 四美(心靈美、語言美、行為美、環境美)： the Four Virtues are golden heart, refined language, civilized behavior, and green environment、中國古代獨特事物的翻譯(Unique Ancient Chinese Items)宣紙 rice paper 衙門 yamen 叩頭 kowtow 孔子Confucius 牌樓 pailou；pai-loo 武術 wushu(Chinese Martial Arts)功夫 kungfu ；kung fu 中庸 the way of medium(cf.Golden Means)中和 harmony(zhonghe)孝順 to show filial obedience 孝子 dutiful son 家長 family head 三綱：君為臣綱，父為子綱，夫為妻綱 three cardinal guides: ruler guides subject, father guides son, husband guides wife 五常：仁、義、理、智、信 five constant virtues: benevolence(humanity)，righteousness, propriety, wisdom and fidelity 八股文 eight-legged essays 多子多福：The more sons/children, the more blessing/ great happiness 養兒防老：raising sons to support one in one’s old age

8、中國現代特色詞匯的翻譯 基層監督 grass-roots supervision 基礎稅率 base tariff level 婚介所 matrimonial agency 婚外戀 extramarital love 婚紗攝影 bride photo 黑心棉 shoddy cotton 機器閱卷 machine scoring 即開型獎券 scratch-open ticket/lottery 集中精力把經濟建設搞上去 go all out for economic development 價格聽證會 public price hearings 甲A球隊 Division A Soccer Team 家政服務 household management service 加強輿論監督 ensure the correct orientation is maintained in public opinion 假帳 accounting fraud 叫板 challenge;pick a quarrel 矯情 use lame arguments 借調 temporarily transfer 擴大中等收入者比重 Raise the proportion of the middle-income group。

擴大內需，刺激消費expand domestic demand and consumption

第三篇：中國特有名詞的英文翻譯

中國特有名詞的英文翻譯~~~~（轉）2008-08-03 12:05

1、中國意念詞（Chinesenesses）

八卦 trigram 陰、陽 yin, yang 道 Dao（cf.logo）

江湖（世界）the jianghu World（the traits’ world）

e.g.You can’t control everything in a traits’ world.(人在江湖，身不由己)道 Daoism（Taoism）

上火 excessive internal heat 儒學 Confucianism 紅學（《紅樓夢》研究）redology 世外桃源 Shangri-la or Arcadia

開放 kaifang（Chinese openness to the outside world）

大鍋飯 getting an equal share regardless of the work done 傷痕文學 scar literature or the literature of the wounded 不搞一刀切 no imposing uniformity on …

合乎國情，順乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people 亂攤派，亂收費 imposition of arbitrary quotas and service charge 鐵交椅 iron(lifetime)post’s;guaranteed leading post 脫貧 to shake off poverty;anti-poverty

治則興，亂則衰 Order leads to prosperity and chaos to decline、中華民族的喜慶節日（Chinese Festivial）

國慶節 National Day

中秋節 Mia-Autumn Festival 春節 Spring Festival 元宵節 Lantern Festival 兒童節 Children’s Day

端午節 Dragon Boat Festival 婦女節 Women’s Day

潑水節 Water-Splashing Day 教師節 Teachers’ Day 五四青年節 Youth Day

3、中國獨特的傳統飲食（Unique Traditional Chinese Foods）

餛飩 wonton

鍋貼 guotie(fried jiaozi)花卷 steamed twisted rolls 套餐 set meal

盒飯 box lunch;Chinese take-away 米豆腐 rice tofu

魔芋豆腐 konjak tofu 米粉 rice noodles

冰糖葫蘆 a stick of sugar-coated haws(or apples,etc.)火鍋 chafing dish

八寶飯 eight-treasure rice pudding 粉絲 glass noodles

豆腐腦 jellied bean curd

4、中國新興事物（Newly Sprouted Things）

中國電信 China Telecom 中國移動 China Mobile

十五計劃 the 10th Five-Year Plan 中國電腦聯網 Chinanet

三峽工程 the Three Gorges Project 希望工程 Project Hope

京九鐵路 Beijing CKowloon Railway 扶貧工程 Anti-Poverty Project

菜籃子工程 Vegetable Basket Project 溫飽工程 Decent-Life Project

安居工程 Economy Housing Project 掃黃 Porn-Purging Campaign 西部大開發 Go-West Campaign、特有的一些漢語詞匯

禪宗 Zen Buddhism 禪 dhyana;dhgaya 混沌 chaos

道 Daosim, the way and its power 四諦 Four Noble Truth 八正道 Eightfold Path 無常 anity

五行說 Theory of Five Elements 無我 anatman

坐禪 metta or transcendental meditation 空 sunyata

虛無 nothingness

雙喜 double happiness(中)，a doubled stroke of luck(英)小品 witty skits 相聲 cross-talk

噱頭；掉包袱 gimmick, stunt 夜貓子 night people;night-owls 本命年 this animal year of sb.處世之道 philosophy of life

姻緣 yinyuan（prefixed fate of marriage）

還愿 redeem a wish(vows)6、具有文化特色的現代表述

大陸中國 Mainland China 紅寶書 little red book 紅色中國 socialist China 四化 Four Modernizations 終生職業 job-for-life 鐵飯碗 iron rice bowl 大鍋飯 communal pot

關系戶 closely-related units 外出打工人員 migrant workers

關系網 personal nets, closely-knitted guild 五講(講文明、講禮貌、講衛生、講秩序、講道德)：the Five Merits focus on decorum, manners, hygiene, disciplines and morals

四美（心靈美、語言美、行為美、環境美）： the Four Virtues are golden heart, refined language, civilized behavior, and green environment

7、中國古代獨特事物（Unique Ancient Chinese Items）

宣紙 rice paper 衙門 yamen 叩頭 kowtow 孔子Confucius

牌樓 pailou；pai-loo

武術 wushu（Chinese Martial Arts）

功夫 kungfu ；kung fu

中庸 the way of medium（cf.Golden Means）

中和 harmony(zhonghe)孝順 to show filial obedience 孝子 dutiful son 家長 family head

三綱：君為臣綱，父為子綱，夫為妻綱 three cardinal guides: ruler guides subject, father guides son husband guides wife

五常：仁、義、理、智、信 five constant virtues: benevolence(humanity), righteousness, propriety, wisdom and fidelity 八股文 eight-legged essays

多子多福：The more sons/children, the more blessing/ great happiness 養兒防老：raising sons to support one in one’s old age

8、近一季度見諸報端的中國現代特色詞匯翻譯

基層監督 grass-roots supervision 基礎稅率 base tariff level 婚介所 matrimonial agency 婚外戀 extramarital love 婚紗攝影 bride photo 黑心棉 shoddy cotton 機器閱卷 machine scoring

即開型獎券 scratch-open ticket/lottery

集中精力把經濟建設搞上去 go all out for economic development 價格聽證會 public price hearings 甲A球隊 Division A Soccer Team

家政服務 household management service

加強輿論監督 ensure the correct orientation is maintained in public opinion 假帳 accounting fraud 叫板 challenge;pick a quarrel 矯情 use lame arguments

漸進式臺獨 gradual Taiwan independence 借調 temporarily transfer

擴大中等收入者比重 Raise the proportion of the middle-income group.擴大內需，刺激消費expand domestic demand and consumption

第四篇：中國古典名著詞匯

中國古典名著

1.Four Classical Chinese Books

The Dream of Red Mansions

Journey West/Chinese Odyssey/Four Men and One Horse/Pilgrimage to the West

Water Margins/All Men are Brothers/105 Men and 3 Women/Outlaws of the Marsh

The Romance of Three Kingdoms/Annals of the Three Kingdoms

2.四書：

論語： The Analects of Confucius 孟子： The Words by Mencius 大學： The Great Learning

中庸： Doctrine of the Mean

五經：

詩經： Book of Songs

尚書： Book of History 禮記： Book of Rites

易經： Book of Changes

春秋： Spring and Autumn Annals

3.others

孫子兵法： Master Sun’s Art of War

黃帝內經： Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor

史記： Records of Historian

戰國策：Stratagems of the Warring States

資治通鑒：History as A Mirror

本草綱目： Compendium of Materia Medica

封神榜：Apotheosis of Heroes 離騷： The Lament

聊齋志異：Strange

Scholar’s Studio

Tales of a

第五篇：中國傳統文化詞匯

樣板戲 model opera

地雷戰 The Mine Warfare

霸王別姬 Farewell to My Concubine群英會 Gathering of Heroes

借東風 East Wind

將相和 General and Premier Make Up鳳陽花鼓 Flower Drum Dance

醒世恒言 Lasting Words to Awaken the World梁祝（小提琴協奏曲）Butterfly Love紅樓夢 A Dream of Red Mansion/Chamber桃花扇 The Peach Blossom Fan

儒林外史 The Scholars

京劇 Peking Opera

炎黃子孫 Chinese descent

五行 five elements

觀音菩薩 Avalokitesvara

菩薩 Boddhisattva

清真寺 mosque

道士 Taoist

和尚 monk

尼姑 nun

羅漢 arhat

財神爺 the God of Wealth

閻王爺 King of Hell

爐火神 the Fire God

佛經 Buddhist scriptures

七十二般變化 seventy-two different forms弼馬溫 the Protector of the Horses八卦爐 Eight Trigrams Furnace

金 metal木 wood水 water火 fire土 earth灶王爺 the Kitchen God