(of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit
Demigods and Semidevils, wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] and its TV and screen adaptations
封神榜
Fēng shén Bǎng
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
slot within a schedule / timeslot (for a TV program, a session with a photographer etc) / range of dates in which an event is to be held (film screening, exhibition etc)
qualities that delight children (e.g. bold colors in a picture, anthropomorphized characters in a TV show, the physical challenge of playground equipment)
dispenser (for consumables such as liquid soap) / splitter (for cable TV signal etc)
封神演义
Fēng shén Yǎn yì
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
中国中央电视台
Zhōng guó Zhōng yāng Diàn shì tái
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
to make a photographic reproduction of an image or document etc / a reproduction / to remake a movie or TV series / a remake / to adapt (a novel etc) as a movie / an adaptation
苏珊・波伊尔
Sū shān · Bō yī ěr
Susan Boyle (1961-), competitor in UK reality TV competition
荧光幕
yíng guāng mù
screen (of a TV, computer etc) (Tw)
垫档
diàn dàng
to fill a blank space / to fill a slot (in a newspaper column, a TV program etc)
苏珊·波伊尔
Sū shān · Bō yī ěr
Susan Boyle (1961-), competitor in UK reality TV competition
剧荒
jù huāng
(neologism c. 2016) no tv shows to watch
弃剧
qì jù
to quit watching a TV series
延禧攻略
Yán xǐ Gōng lu:è
Story of Yanxi Palace (2018 TV series)
美剧
Měi jù
American TV series (abbr. for 美國電視劇|美国电视剧[Mei3 guo2 dian4 shi4 ju4])
intellectual property (in China, esp. since 2015, often used as an entertainment industry term for a creative work used as the basis of a new product, such as a manga adapted as a tv series, or the image of a cartoon character appearing on merchandise)
(of sales, TV show ratings etc) lukewarm / moderate / so-so / (of a person) calm / unruffled
热播剧
rè bō jù
popular show (on TV or other media)
第四堵墙
dì sì dǔ qiáng
the fourth wall (in theater, TV, film etc)
第四面墙
dì sì miàn qiáng
the fourth wall (in theater, TV, film etc)
翻摄
fān shè
to create an image or video by copying an existing one (e.g. taking a photo of a picture in a magazine, recording a video playing on a monitor, taking a screenshot of an online photo) / to remake (a film or TV show)
开播
kāi bō
(agriculture) to begin sowing / (of a radio or TV station) to start broadcasting / (of a radio or TV station) to start to air (a program)
jí