文革時期常用詞匯的英譯

蔣割荊

W（2）

文不對題

The heading and article have nothing to do with each other./full of pointless talk

文攻武衛(wèi)

attack by pens and defense by weapons

文過飾非

gloss over one's fault/cover up one's error

文化革命小組

the Cultural Revolution Group

文來文去，武來武往

return blow for blow

文武之道，一張一弛

The principle of kings Wen and Wu was to alternate tension with relaxation.

穩(wěn)、準、狠地打擊

deal sure, accurate (well-aimed) and relentless blows at

問題一時弄不清的，可以列為專案

cases which cannot be decided for the time being can be laid aside to be handled by a special group for examination

甕中捉鱉

catch a turtle in a jar/a sure catch

窩藏不報者

persons who shelter... and do not report them to...

我們的朋友遍于全世界

We have friends all over the world.

我們的學說不是教條而是行動的指南

Our theory is not a dogma but a guide to action.

我們共產(chǎn)黨人從來不隱瞞自己的政治主張

We Communists do not conceal our political views.

我們也有一雙手，不在城里吃閑飯

We also have a pair of hands and d not want to lead an idle life in the city!

我們一定要解放臺灣！

We will certainly liberate Taiwan!/We are determined to liberate Taiwan!

污泥濁水

the mire

污染

contamination/pollution/stain/defile

烏龜忘八

all kinds of scoundrels

烏合之眾

a gathering of crowds/a motley force that knows no discipline

烏紗帽

official post (position)/the headgear of an official

烏托邦

utopia/utopian

烏煙瘴氣

vicious practices/a foul atmosphere

烏云遮不住太陽

The dark clouds cannot shut out the sunshine.

嗚呼哀哉

Alas! Alack!

無比幸福

boundless happiness

無產(chǎn)階級不但要解放自己，而且要解放全人類

The proletariat must emancipate not only itself but all mankind.

無產(chǎn)階級對少數(shù)資產(chǎn)階級分子的全面統(tǒng)治

the all-embracing rule of the proletariat over the small number of bourgeois elements

無產(chǎn)階級心情舒暢之日，就是資產(chǎn)階級倒霉之時

When the proletariat has ease of mind, the bourgeoisie is bound to be uneasy.

無產(chǎn)階級革命派

proletarian revolutionaries

無產(chǎn)階級革命造反精神

revolutionary rebel spirit of the proletariat

無產(chǎn)階級只有解放全人類才能最后解放它自己

The proletariat can finally emancipate itself only with the emancipation of all mankind.

無產(chǎn)階級專政

dictatorship of the proletariat

無產(chǎn)階級文化大革命

the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

無產(chǎn)階級先鋒隊

the vanguard of the proletariat

無產(chǎn)階級專政下繼續(xù)革命

continue the revolution under the dictatorship of the proletariat

無恥到了極點

the height of shamelessness

無從著手

have no way of handling

無的放矢

shoot at random/aimless shooting/shoot without a target

無法無天

defy laws of human and divine

無風不起浪

There is no smoke without fire.

無關(guān)痛癢

irrelevant

“無可奈何花落去，似獸相識燕歸來”

"Flowers fall off, do what one may; swallows return, no strangers they."

無堅不摧，無攻不克

all-conquering/invincible

無孔不入

all-pervasive/have a finger in every pie/lose no change

無事不登三寶殿

No one cams to the Hall of the Trinity without a reason.

無限熱愛、無限信仰、無限崇拜、無限忠誠

there are no bounds to our love, faith, esteem and loyalty for/boundless love for, faith in, esteem for and loyalty to

無限上綱

exaggerate politically some mistakes to the maximum/elevate minor mistakes or shortcomings to the level of principles

無限生命力

inexhaustible vitality

無源之水

water without a source

無一漏網(wǎng)

None has escaped the net.

無政府狀態(tài)

anarchic way/anarchy/disorganized state of affairs

無中生有，當面造謠

fabricate rumors out of thin air and tell barefaced lies

無自知之明

ignorance of one's limited capabilities/lack of self-knowledge

無組織無紀律的行為

an act in defiance of the organization and discipline

無足輕重，微不足道

be insignificant and not worthy of mention

五保戶

five guarantees family (the aged, the infirm, old widows and widowers, orphans) taken care of by the people's commune in five ways (food, clothing, medical care, housing and burial expense)

“五.七”干校

"May 7" cadre school

《五.七指示》

the May 7 Directive of 1966

五反運動

the movement against five evils (capitalist bribery of government workers, tax evasion, cheating on government contracts, theft of state property, and stealing economic information from government sources)

五好戰(zhàn)士

"five-good" fighters (fighters who excel in political and ideological work, in the "three-eight" working style, in military technique, in fulfilling combat missions, and in keeping fit)

五類分子

five-category elements (landlords, rich peasants, counter-revolutionaries, bad elements and rightists

五體投地

prostrate oneself in admiration before/kneel at the feet of/on all fours before

武斗

wage struggle by force or coercion

勿謂言之不預也

let no one say he has not been warned.

務實

discuss concrete questions relating to work

務虛

discuss matters from the angles of politics and principles

物極必反

When a thing reaches its limit, it turns round./Once a certain limit is reached, a change in the opposite direction is inevitable.

物以類聚，人以群分

Things of a kind come together; people of a mind fall into the same group.

物質(zhì)變精神，精神變物質(zhì)

from matter to consciousness and from consciousness to matter/matter turns into consciousness and vice versa

“物質(zhì)刺激，獎金掛帥”

material incentives, and bonuses in command

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