中国餐桌文化 禁忌taboos 英文

1、taboosxxxxxxx1 1、eat with chopstickseat with chopsticks2 2、topicstopics，tea pot and so ontea pot and so on3 3、related to foodrelated to food1. Chopsticks are not used to move bowls or plates. Immortal Guiding (Chinese: 仙人指路)：“Immortal Guiding” means that one uses the thumb, middle finger, ring finge

2、r and little finger to hold the chopsticks, but points the index finger to the others. Because the index finger is the finger for meal, using this finger to point to the others stands for censure.Even worse is to use the four fingers except middle finger to hold the chopsticks and to use the middle

3、finger to point.2. Chopsticks are not used to toy with ones food or with dishes in common.3. Treat chopsticks as extension of your fingers. It is impolite to use them to point at other people or to wave chopsticks around.1.Thumb大拇指大拇指2.Index finger 食指食指3.Middle finger 中指中指4.Ring finger 无名指无名指5.Littl

4、e finger 小指小指6. censuresen vi. 谴责，责备谴责，责备 1. Do not impale food with chopsticks.2. Do not stick your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl. Instead, lay them on your dish. The reason for this is that when somebody dies, the shrine to them contains a bowl of sand or rice with two sticks of incense stuc

5、k upright in it. So if you stick your chopsticks in the rice bowl, it looks like this shrine and is equivalent to wishing death upon person at the table!1. grave reiv n. 墓穴，坟墓墓穴，坟墓 2. shrine rain n. 圣地；神殿；神龛圣地；神殿；神龛3.impale impeil vt. 刺穿；钉住刺穿；钉住 3. One should not dig or search through ones food for

6、something in particular. This is sometimes known as digging ones grave or grave-digging and is extremely poor manners.1. Three Long Two Short (Chinese: 三长两短三长两短)Chopsticks should always be the same length. There should never be chopsticks for use that are different in length on the table. This is be

7、cause, in the old times, the bottom part of a coffin was made with two short boards for the head and three long boards for the bottom and sides. This type was called Three Long, Two Short, and came to imply disaster.1. coffin n. 棺材棺材2. Dont tap on your bowl with your chopsticks as though you were pl

8、aying a drum. It implies you are a beggar or a child. Beggars tap on their bowls, so this is not polite. Also, in a restaurant, if the food is coming too slow people will tap their bowls. If you are in someones home, it is like insulting the cook.It is rude to turn the Lazy Susan when someone is tra

9、nsferring food from the communal dishes to their own bowl, even if the movement is only slight and will not prevent the other person from still being able to get their food. munal kmjunl adj. 公共的；公共的；公社的公社的 Make sure the spout of the teapot is not facing anyone. It is impolite to set the teapot down

10、 where the spout is facing towards somebody. The spout should always be directed to where nobody is sitting, usually just outward from the table.1.spout spaut n. 喷口喷口 1.ill-omen umn不吉利不吉利2.double entendre ,du:bltdr 双关语双关语It may be advisable to remark that all topics which might be considered of ill-

11、omen should be carefully avoided, and even expressions which might, by double entendre.1. With some exceptions, hands should never be used to handle food. Even with pieces of meat, too large to eat in one bite, and containing bones, must be brought to the mouth using chopsticks (or in some cases, a

12、spoon). 2. Avoid putting your hands in your mouth for any reason while at the table. If you must take something out of your mouth, such as bones, gristle, or another item, use your chopsticks and place the item to the side of your plate, or use a toothpick. 1.gristle risl n. 软骨；软骨结构软骨；软骨结构 2.toothpick tu:pik n. 牙签牙签 1. It is impolite to hoard a dish. 2. Do not take the last piece of food on the serving platter. Its considered bad luck, shows your greed, and seems you are too hungry to take the piece of a dish. 3. Do not linger much past the end of the meal. The