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1、ColortabooRedInbothChineseandEnglishculture,redisusuallyassociatedwithhappyoccasions.Oncalendar,wecanfindthatholidayssuchasSpringFestival,ChristmasDayareprintedinred,whichiscalled“redletterdays”,whileordinarydaysareinblack.Beside,“topaintthetownred”istocelebratewidely.Anotherexa
2、mpleis“torollouttheredcarpetforsomeone”meanstogiveahospitableandformalreception.InEnglishculture,peopleusuallyconnectredwithblood.Bloodisregardedtobethesourceoflife.Lifewilldiewhenthebloodhasrunoff.Sotheythinkredalsoreferstoforce,deathandwar.Suchas“redruin”and“redbattle”.ButinCh
3、ineseculture,redreferstorevolutionsandprogressiveforces.Forexample,theprimaryrevolutionaryregimenamedredregime.ItalsostandsforgoodluckinChina,suchas:红运,开门红,披红挂彩…So,althoughtherearesomesimilarmeaningsofred,butinchina,redhasnoderogatorysense.WhiteInEnglish,whiteusuallyusedtodescri
4、bepureandhonestpeopleorthings,suchasfriendship,loveandpersonality.LikeredinChineseculture,whiteisthejoyousandpositivecolorinEngland.Whitemenmeansgentlemen,whitesoulmeanspuresoul,whitemarketmeanslawfulmarket;whiteroommeansthemostcleaningroom…ButinChineseculture,besidesgoodsides,w
5、hitealsoconstantsderogatorysense,itisconnectedwithdeath.Infuneral,allofpeoplewearwhiteclothesinordertoexpresstheirsadness,Mosttimes,whiteisopposedtoredinChineseculture.Chinese,especiallytheolderdislikeit,evenafraidofitwhileitstandsforillomen,andcounteraction.Inthewar,theloserrai
6、sesawhiteflagtoshowcapitulation.Sometimes,italsoreferstoworkfruitlessly,worthlesslybothinChineseandEnglishculture,suchas“白费劲”“白痴”“白搭”and“whiteelephant”.BlackInChineseculture,thecolorofblackhastwosides:onestandsforsolemnity,prestige;theotherstandsforfear,reactionaryforcesandilleg
7、ality.Becauseinthenight,peoplewillfeeldepressedandfearful,andwanttofindsomethingforhelp.InEnglishculture,blackisataboocolor,itreferstodeathandillomen,peoplewearblackclothesduetothecustom,andusuallybeusedinfuneralrites,everyonewhojoininfuneral,wearblackclothestoexpresstheirsadnes
8、sandheavymood.Forexample:“wearblackforone’sfath
