"Entertainment" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yú lè to entertain / to amuse / entertainment / recreation / amusement / hobby / fun / joy
 wén yú cultural recreation / entertainment
 yóu yì entertainment
 Xīn tiān dì Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai)
 yú lè zhōng xīn amusement park / recreation center / entertainment center
 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
 Fú sī (Tw) Volkswagen (car manufacturer) / Fox Entertainment Group
 yú lè jiè entertainment world / show business
 shè huǒ festival entertainment (lion dance, dragon lantern etc)
 jiǔ chí ròu lín lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom) / debauchery / sumptuous entertainment
 sī pèi lín Spelling (e.g. Spelling Entertainment Group)
 yú lè chǎng place of entertainment / casino / resort
 yú lè chǎng suǒ place of entertainment
 yóu yì chǎng place of entertainment
 zá xì acrobatics / entertainment at folk festival
 sān gōng jīng fèi "three public expenditures" of the PRC government, i.e. air travel, food and entertainment, and public vehicles
 Wǎng fēi Netflix, American entertainment company
 Nài fēi Netflix, American entertainment company
IP I P 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)
 yù jiào yú lè to make learning fun / to combine education and entertainment
 yù lè (Tw) (abbr. for 教育與娛樂|教育与娱乐[jiao4 yu4 yu3 yu2 le4]) education and entertainment, the 5th and 6th aspects of life beyond the four basic necessities of food, clothing, shelter and transportation 食衣住行[shi2 yi1 zhu4 xing2] / (sometimes used to signify edutainment or just recreation)
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