文革時期常用詞匯的英譯

蔣割荊

H（2）

很不理解，很不認(rèn)真，很不得力

have very poor understanding and their leadership is far from conscientious and effective

狠斗資產(chǎn)階級的“私”字

relentlessly fight bourgeois "self-interest"

狠抓革命，猛促生產(chǎn)

energetically grasp the revolution and vigorously promote production

橫眉冷對千夫指，俯首甘為孺子牛

Fierce-browed, I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers; head-bowed, like a willing ox I serve the children.

橫掃一切牛鬼蛇神

Sweep away all ghosts and monsters!

橫下一條心

take the firm resolution

轟轟烈烈

with vigor and vitality

轟下臺

shout one down

洪流

powerful current/giant torrent

洪水猛獸

like flood and wild beasts

（裝）紅白臉

with some wearing the white make-up of the stage villain and others the red make-up of the hero

《紅燈記》

The Red Lantern

紅光滿面

glowing with health

紅旗手

red-banner pace-setter

紅人

favorite

“紅色買辦”

"red comprador"

紅五類

the red five-category status (revolutionary army men, revolutionary cadres, workers, poor peasants including hired farm labors and tenant-peasants, lower-middle peasants)

紅衛(wèi)兵

Red Guards

紅小兵

Little Red Guards

紅袖章

red armband

（日日）紅，月月紅，全年紅

making great achievements everyday, every month and throughout the year.

喉舌

mouthpiece

后繼有人

have qualified successors

后浪推前流，一浪高一浪

each wave pushing at the one ahead, each wave higher than the last

后臺老板

behind-the-scenes boss

（走）后門

back-door deals

厚古薄今

pay more attention to the past than to the present

呼風(fēng)喚雨、煸風(fēng)點(diǎn)火

fan the flames and foment trouble

呼風(fēng)喚雨、推波助浪

summon the wind and the waves

呼風(fēng)喚雨、興風(fēng)作浪

rise and swell the adverse current

忽而顯出極右，忽而裝作極“左”

appear as an ultra-rightist one minute and on the extreme "Left" the next

忽而贊成這個，忽而贊成那個

approve one thing today and another tomorrow

狐貍尾巴是藏不住的

A fox cannot hide its tail.

狐貍再狡猾也斗不過好獵手

The craftiest fox can't escape the skilled hunter.

狐朋狗友

evil associates

狐群狗黨

a gang of scoundrels

互相標(biāo)榜

put up placards for each other

互相勾結(jié)，又互相爭奪

collude and at the same time contend with each other

花崗石腦筋

ossified thinking

花天酒地

indulge in a gay life and debauchery

花言巧語

fine words/honeyed words

花招

play games/tricks

滑天下之大稽

make a great laughing-stock of itself

化悲痛為力量

run grief into strength

化大為小，蒙混過關(guān)

turn big issues into small ones and slip through

化整為零

break up the whole into parts

化成美女的蛇

serpents assuming the guise of beautiful girls

劃分階級

classify/determine class status

劃分階級成分

differentiate the class status

劃清界線

draw a clear line between

劃清政治界限

draw a clear line of demarcation politically

劃清政策界限

draw distinctions in accordance with our policy

“懷疑一切”

"suspecting all"

壞分子

bad elements

壞事變好事

Bad things can be turned into good things.

壞事做盡

commit every evil

壞頭頭

ringleader

歡聲雷動、掌聲不絕

thunderous cheers and prolonged applause

還鄉(xiāng)團(tuán)

home-going contingents

換湯不換藥

old wine in new bottles

荒謬絕倫

absolutely preposterous

黃色書刊

decadent books and periodicals

黃色音樂

vulgar music

皇皇不可終日

in a desperate situation

“皇天不負(fù)有心人”

"Heaven rewards the faithful."

幌子

signboard

恢復(fù)黨籍

reinstate Party membership

恢復(fù)名譽(yù)

rehabilitation

回避要害問題

steer clear of the crucial question

（走）回頭路

reverse its course

回顧過去，展望未來

review the past and look forward the future

回?fù)?/dt>

fight back

回憶對比

recall the past and contrast it with the present

回憶舊社會，對比新社會

recall the old society and compare it with the new

“悔過啟事”

"public apology"

悔過自新

repent and turn over a new leaf/repent and start anew

混進(jìn)黨內(nèi)的走資本主義道路的當(dāng)權(quán)派

those in authority who have wormed their way into the Party and are taking the capitalist road

混淆黑白

mix up black and white

混淆階級陣線

confuse the class alignments

混淆是非

confuse right and wrong

混淆視聽

confuse the public

渾水摸魚

fish in troubled water

和稀泥

blur the line between right and wrong

“活老虎、鐵老虎、真老虎”

"living tigers, iron tigers, real tigers"

活學(xué)活用

living study and application of

活生生的事實(shí)

living reality

活思想

living idea/current thinking

“活命哲學(xué)”

"philosophy of survival"

活閻王

demon king

（把）火藥味搞得濃濃的

make the air thick with the pungent smell of explosives

禍害

evils/bane

禍不單行

Misfortunes never come singly.

禍國殃民

injure the country and bring calamity to the people

禍?zhǔn)?/dt>

arch-criminal

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