词汇：

京剧 Peking opera

秦腔 Qin opera

功夫 Kungfo

太极 Tai Chi

口技 ventriloquism

泥人 clay figure

武术 martial arts

风水 Fengshui; geomantic omen

十二生肖 zodiac

阳历 Solar calendar

阴历 Lunar calendar

闰年 leap year

文房四宝 the Four Treasures of the Study (brush, ink stick, paper, and ink stone)

八股文 eight-part essay

七言律诗 seven-character octave

五言绝句 five-character quatrain

唐装 Tang suit

旗袍 cheongsam

中山装 Chinese tunic suit

句型：

as good as…

例句：The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.

to make…of

例句：I will make a scientist of my son.

Nothing is more…than/Nothing is so …as

例句：Nothing is more precious than time.