文革時期常用詞匯的英譯

蔣割荊

L（1）

拉出去，打進(jìn)來

pull somebody out or put someone in/pull out our cadres or sneak into our ranks

拉大旗作為虎皮，包著自己，去嚇呼（唬）別人

Use the great banner as a tiger-skin to cover themselves and intimidate other people.

拉關(guān)系

establish contacts with

拉拉扯扯

resort to boasting, flattery and touting

拉下水

drag... into the mire

拉線搭橋

pull strings and make contacts

拉一幫，打一幫

support one section of people in attacking another

拉一拉

win one over

垃圾堆

garbage heap

來不得半點的虛偽和驕傲

No dishonesty or conceit whatsoever is permissible.

來去自由

freedom of movement

來頭不小

with powerful backing

來而不往，非禮也

It is impolite not to give after receiving.

來歷不明

unknown source or origin

來龍去脈

sequence of events

來者不善，善者不來

With good intent he would not come./Whoever is coming surely has bad intentions.

癩皮狗

mangy (scabby) dog

賴是賴不掉的

No attempts at evasion on his part will succeed.

攔路虎

obstacle

“懶婆娘的裹腳，又長又臭”

"foot-bindings of a slattern, long as well as smelly"

爛掉（編者說明：“爛掉”指的是領(lǐng)導(dǎo)權(quán)已被壞人或走資派所掌握。）

become rotten

爛攤子

a rotten (trashy) legacy

狼狽不堪

in a dilemma/in an embarrassing (helpless) situation

狼狽為奸

collude in doing evil/in collusion with

狼子野心

wolfish ambition

撈取政治資本

gain political capital

撈一把

reap some profit

撈資本

make capital for oneself

撈油水

fish for personal gains

勞動改造

reform through labor

勞動人民要知識化，知識分子要勞動化

Working people should master intellectual work and intellectuals should integrate themselves with the working people.

勞改隊

group for "reform through labor"

勞苦功高

with toilsome labor and distinctive merits

勞民傷財

harass the people and waste money

“勞心者治人，勞力者治于人”

"Those who work with their minds govern, while those who toil with their hands are governed."

牢記血淚仇

Remember your life of blood and tears.

“老大難”單位

unit long considered a tough nut to crack/unit known for its difficult problems long regarded as insoluble

“老大難”問題

problems which have been described as long-standing, big and difficult

老調(diào)重彈

the same old song/strike up the old tune about

老好人

good old chaps

老虎屁股摸不得

like a tiger whose backside no one dares to touch

老干部

veteran cadres

老革命

veteran revolutionary

老奸巨猾

an old hand at trickery and deception

老九（見“臭老九”）

intellectuals

老路

the beaten track

老弱病殘者

those who are old, weak, ill or disabled

老牌機(jī)會主義者

old-time (seasoned) opportunist

老前輩

predecessor/veteran

老生常談

platitudes

老師傅

master worker/skilled worker

老實交代

make an honest confession

（做）老實人，說老實話，辦老實事

be an honest person, speak and act honestly

老手

old stager (hand)

老鼠過街，人人喊打

rats running across the street and being chased by all

老爺太太少爺小姐

lords and ladies and their pampered sons and daughters

老一輩

people of the older generation

老一代

the old generation

老一套

old ways/the same old story/the beaten track

老造反

veteran rebels

“老子黨”

"father party"/"patriarchal party"

“老子天下第一”

"the number one authority in the world"

老資格

people of experience/seniority

老祖宗

ancestor/forefather/doyen

（打上階級的）烙印

be stamped with the brand of a class

樂于為人民服務(wù)，勇于為革命犧牲

We are ready to endure hardship for the people and die for the revolution.

雷厲風(fēng)行

rigorously and effectively/all-out and sweeping

雷霆萬鈞之力

the force of a thunderbolt

屢教不改

refuse to correct errors after repeated education/refuse to mend one's ways after repeated education

冷冷清清

coolly and quietly

冷戰(zhàn)

cold war

“離經(jīng)叛道”論

the theory of "discarding the classics and rebelling against the orthodoxy"

里程碑

milestone

里通外國

have (maintain) illicit (traitorous) relations with a foreign country

里應(yīng)外合

strike together from without and within

理工科大學(xué)

colleges (universities) of science and engineering

理論一旦掌握群眾

once theory grips the masses

理論陣地

theoretical basis/bastion of theory

理直氣壯

be in the right and self-confident

禮尚往來

Courtesy requires a return of visits received./give and take

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