中秋节 the Mid-autumn Festival
[eg] The Mid-Autumn festival is round the corner, let’s give our dormitory a thorough clean.
中秋节就要到了,我们把宿舍彻底打扫一次吧。
灯笼 lantern
冰皮月饼 ice skin mooncake / snowy mooncake
[eg] If there is new flavor of snowy mooncake launched, which one is your favourite?
如果市面上推出新口味的冰皮月饼,那一种是你最喜爱的?[eg] I made pineapple snowy mooncake as I think people have already eaten very much lotus seed paste.
预料大家吃莲蓉太多,所以做了凤梨味的冰皮月饼。
核桃 walnut
[eg] Do you like walnut chocolates?
你喜欢吃核桃巧克力吗?
杏仁 almond
[eg] I don’t know if there any big almond eaters out there.
我不知道这里有没有非常喜欢吃杏仁的人
黑瓜子 black water melon seed
茶具 tea set
[eg] The elegant tea set is a wedding gift from my aunt.
这套精致的茶具是我的阿姨送给我们的结婚礼物。
菊花茶 chrysanthemum tea
[eg] The best way to wash down one of these sticky cakes is with a cup of Chinese tea, especially Jasmine or Chrysanthemum tea, which aids the digestion.
吃这种甜腻的食物最好是就着一杯中国茶,特别是茉莉花茶或是菊花茶,这样可以有助于消化。
葡萄干 raisin
[eg] There’s even eating meditation, you did it once with me, and I’ve done this in other places where you take a raisin and you put it into your mouth, and you take a minute to eat this raisin.
甚至还有食禅,我们一起试过一次,我也在别的地方试过,你拿着一粒葡萄干,放入嘴中,花一分钟时间吃掉这粒葡萄干。[eg] Genuinely when I take raisins, I watch TV while I’m eating, this instead you just take one raisin and you really taste it, you taste all the flavor, and thinking what I’m missing everyday, that’s what it is.
当我真的吃葡萄干时,我边看电视边吃,而冥想时,你只拿一粒,真正地去品尝,去体会其中百味,想想自己每天错过了什么,这才是真正的目的。
点心叉 cake fork
[eg] She’s so refined that she always eats cake with a little fork.
她非常文雅,吃蛋糕一定用小叉子。