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 xì trick / drama / play / show / CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]
Results beginning with 戏
 xì jù drama / play / theater
 xì qǔ Chinese opera
 xì nòng to play tricks on / to make fun of / to tease
 xì xuè to banter / to crack jokes / to ridicule
 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest
 xì yuàn theater
 xì chēng to jokingly call / jocular appellation
 xì fǎ magic trick
 xì fèn scene (in a movie etc) / one's part in a movie or play / (archaic) actor's payment
 xì tái stage
 xì zi (derog.) opera singer / actor
 xì yán joking matter / to go back on one's words
 xì shuǎ to amuse oneself / to play with / to tease
 xì mǎ item (on a program)
 xì cí actor's lines (in theater)
仿 xì fǎng a parody / to parody
 xì jīng (neologism c. 2017) melodramatic person / drama queen
 xì ǒu glove puppet / CL:尊[zun1]
 xì piào (theater etc) ticket
 xì wǔ to insult
 xì yǎn the best part (of a play etc)
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 xì jù xìng dramatic
 xì jù huà theatrical
 xì jù jiā dramatist / playwright
 xì shuō jù period costume drama (on TV)
 xì jù huà rén gé wéi cháng histrionic personality disorder (HPD)
Approximate Results for 戏
 yóu xì game / CL:場|场[chang3] / to play
 yǎn xì to put on a play / to perform / fig. to pretend / to feign
 pāi xì to shoot a movie
 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities
 xī xì to frolic / to romp
 bǎ xì acrobatics / jugglery / cheap trick / game
 kàn xì to watch a play / to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd)
 méi xì (coll.) not a chance / no way / hopeless
 ér xì child's play / trifling matter
 yǒu xì (coll.) promising / likely to turn out well
 chàng xì to perform in opera
 chuáng xì sex scene (in a movie etc)
 zuò xì to act in a play / to put on a play
 mǎ xì circus
 Jīng xì Beijing opera / CL:齣|出[chu1]
 tīng xì to attend an opera / to see an opera
 luǒ xì nude scene (in a movie)
 shè xì theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival)
 chuàn xì to act in a play / (of an amateur) to play a part in a professional performance
 chū xì (of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends) / (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance
 dà xì large-scale Chinese opera / Beijing opera / major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc)
 hóu xì monkey show
 jiē xì to accept an acting role
 kāi xì to start an opera
 nuó xì Anhui local opera
 pái xì a card game
 qián xì foreplay
 rù xì (of an actor) to inhabit one's role / to become the character / (of an audience) to get involved in the drama
 sàn xì end of a show
 xié xì to joke
 xuè xì fun and mockery
 zá xì acrobatics / entertainment at folk festival
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 yóu xì jī video game machine / video game console
 zhòng tóu xì opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity
 mǎ xì tuán circus
 bù dài xì glove puppetry
 dú jiǎo xì monodrama / one-man show / comic talk
 Huáng méi xì Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui)
 biàn xì fǎ to perform conjuring tricks / to conjure / to juggle
 yàng bǎn xì model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution)
 chuáng shàng xì sex scene (in a movie etc)
 pí yǐng xì shadow play
 dì fāng xì local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧[Yue4 ju4], Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧[Chuan1 ju4], Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧[Yu4 ju4] etc
 yā zhòu xì next-to-last item on a program (theater) / climax
 dú jiǎo xì variant of 獨角戲|独角戏[du2 jiao3 xi4]
 guǐ bǎ xì sinister plot / dirty trick / cheap trick
 huā gǔ xì opera form popular along Changjiang
 biàn bǎ xì to perform magic / to do magic tricks / prestidigitation
 dà zhòu xì last item on a program (theater)
 gāo jiǎ xì Gaojia opera of Fujian and Taiwan
 gē zǎi xì type of opera from Taiwan and Fujian
 huā dēng xì opera for popular in Sichuan and Yunnan
 kāi chǎng xì curtain-raiser
 kuǐ lěi xì puppet show
 lǎo xì gǔ (dialect) veteran actor / old trouper
 liǔ zi xì Shandong opera
 nèi xīn xì psychological drama
 rén ǒu xì puppet show
 yā tái xì last item on a show / grand finale
 yóu xì chǎng playground
 yóu xì chí paddling pool / wading pool
 yóu xì shuō theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy)
 Yóu xì wáng Yu-Gi-Oh!
 zhǎng zhōng xì see 布袋戲|布袋戏[bu4 dai4 xi4]
 zhé zi xì opera highlights performed as independent pieces
 wǎng luò yóu xì online game / abbr. to 網遊|网游
 yóu xì guī zé rules of the game
 diàn nǎo yóu xì video
 diàn zǐ yóu xì computer and video games
 yóu xì shǒu bǐng gamepad
 chàng duì tái xì to put on a rival show (idiom) / to set oneself up against sb / to get into confrontation
 féng chǎng zuò xì lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom) / to join in the fun / to play along according to local conditions
  zero sum game
 bù dài xì ǒu glove puppet (Tw)
 dì fāng xì qǔ local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧[Yue4 ju4], Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧[Chuan1 ju4], Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧[Yu4 ju4] etc
 jiǎ xì zhēn chàng fiction comes true / play-acting that turns into reality
 lián jī yóu xì a network computer game
 māo shǔ yóu xì cat and mouse game
 mào zi xì fǎ hat trick (when one player scores three goals)
 ná shǒu hǎo xì the role an actor plays best (idiom) / (fig.) one's specialty / one's forte
 pīn bǎn yóu xì jigsaw puzzle / wood block puzzle
 qì chē xì yuàn drive-in theater
 shì tóng ér xì to regard sth as a plaything (idiom) / to consider unimportant / to view as trifling
 tián zì yóu xì crossword
 yā zhòu hǎo xì see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4]
 yóu xì shè bèi gaming device / controller (for computer or console)
 yóu xì shè jì game
 yóu xì shǒu bà gamepad (Tw)
 yóu xì shuǐ bèng play pump
 yóu xì zhǔ jī video game console
 yuān yāng xì shuǐ lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water / fig. to make love
 zhàn zhēng yóu xì war game
 zhǐ zé yóu xì blame game
 lù tiān dà xì yuàn open-air amphitheater
 quán lì de yóu xì Game of Thrones (TV series)
 quán qiú cūn yóu xì Global Village Game
 jué sè bàn yǎn yóu xì role-playing game (RPG)
 Zhōng yāng Xì jù Xué yuàn Central Academy of Drama
 Shàng hǎi Xì jù Xué yuàn Shanghai Theatrical Institute
  International Theatre Institute
 chéng shì jiàn zào yóu xì city-building
 gǎi biàn yóu xì guī zé moving the goal posts
 hǎo xì hái zài hòu tou the best part of the show is yet to come / (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come / you ain't seen nothin' yet
 sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
 wán māo hé lǎo shǔ de yóu xì to play a cat and mouse game
 chǒng wù xiǎo jīng líng jí huàn shì kǎ piàn yóu xì Pokémon
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