戏 剧 xì jù a drama / a play / theater / script of a play 剧 情 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre) 戏 trick / drama / play / show / CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2] 抓 马 zhuā mǎ (coll.) (loanword) drama / dramatic 电 视 剧 diàn shì jù TV series / TV drama / CL:部[bu4] 连 续 剧 lián xù jù serialized drama / dramatic series / show in parts 话 剧 huà jù stage play / modern drama / CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] 艺 术 学 院 yì shù xué yuàn art institute / art and drama college 偶 像 剧 ǒu xiàng jù idol drama / drama series in which the actors are chosen for their preexisting popularity with young viewers 楔 子 xiē zi wedge / peg / stopper / prologue (in some modern novels) / prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama 片 酬 piàn chóu remuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama 反 派 fǎn pài villain (of a drama etc) 舞 剧 wǔ jù dance drama / ballet 广 播 剧 guǎng bō jù radio drama 历 史 剧 lì shǐ jù historical drama 古 装 剧 gǔ zhuāng jù costume drama 中 央 戏 剧 学 院 Zhōng yāng Xì jù Xué yuàn Central Academy of Drama 窦 娥 冤 Dòu E2 yuān The Injustice to Dou E (popular drama by 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1]) 回 肠 荡 气 huí cháng dàng qì soul-stirring (of drama, poem or artwork) / heart-rending / deeply moving 丑 剧 chǒu jù absurd drama / farce / disgraceful show 手 影 shǒu yǐng hand shadow drama 靠 to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) 梗 branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) 戏 精 xì jīng (neologism c. 2017) melodramatic person / drama queen 大 长 今 Dà cháng jīn Dae Jang Geum, a 2003 Korean historical drama TV series 三 个 女 人 一 台 戏 sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì three women are enough for a drama (idiom) 博 客 话 剧 bó kè huà jù blog drama (netspeak) 多 幕 剧 duō mù jù play in several acts / full-length drama 戏 说 剧 xì shuō jù period costume drama (on TV) 曾 孝 谷 Zēng Xiào gǔ Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style 满 城 尽 带 黄 金 甲 Mǎn chéng jìn dài huáng jīn jiǎ Curse of the Golden Flower (2007), period drama movie by Zhang Yimou 玩 偶 之 家 Wán ǒu zhī jiā Doll's House (1879), drama by Ibsen 易卜生 时 装 剧 shí zhuāng jù contemporary drama 双 峰 镇 Shuāng fēng Zhèn Twin Peaks, US television drama series 1990-1991 内 心 戏 nèi xīn xì psychological drama 入 戏 rù xì (of an actor) to inhabit one's role / to become the character / (of an audience) to get involved in the drama 八 点 档 bā diǎn dàng 8:00 p.m. time slot (on television) / (Tw) (coll.) television drama series that airs in the prime time slot of 8:00 p.m.
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