"Theatrical" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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戏剧化 xì jù huà theatrical
武侠 wǔ xiá martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre) / knight-errant
班子 bān zi organized group / theatrical troupe
诠释 quán shì to interpret / to comment and explain / to annotate / to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role) / to decode / interpretation / annotation
剧照 jù zhào photo taken during a theatrical production / a still (from a movie)
插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode
剧团 jù tuán theatrical troupe
剧目 jù mù theatrical piece (play or opera) / repertoire / list of plays or operas
班底 bān dǐ ordinary members of theatrical troupe
文艺演出 wén yì yǎn chū theatrical performance / CL:場|场[chang3]
楼台 lóu tái (dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance
班主 bān zhǔ leader of a theatrical troupe
双簧 shuāng huáng a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing / double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon)
水袖 shuǐ xiù flowing sleeves (part of theatrical costume)
上海戏剧学院 Shàng hǎi Xì jù Xué yuàn Shanghai Theatrical Institute
社戏 shè xì theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival)
试演 shì yǎn audition / dress rehearsal / preview (of a theatrical performance) / dummy run
剧 jù theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc) / dramatic (change, increase etc) / acute / severe
做张做势 zuò zhāng zuò shì to put on an act (idiom) / to pose / to show theatrical affectation / to indulge in histrionics
做张做智 zuò zhāng zuò zhì to put on an act (idiom) / to pose / to show theatrical affectation / to indulge in histrionics
剧坛 jù tán the world of Chinese opera / theatrical circles
新剧同志会 Xīn jù Tóng zhì huì New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社[Chun1 liu3 she4]
春柳 Chūn liǔ Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]
春柳剧场 Chūn liǔ Jù chǎng Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]
春柳社 Chūn liǔ shè Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]
替身演员 tì shēn yǎn yuán substitute actor (esp. in fights of theatrical stunts) / stuntman
烟花粉黛 yān huā fěn dài woman / prostitute / lovemaking / literary or theatrical form in Tang, Song and Yuan
自报家门 zì bào jiā mén to introduce oneself / originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role
华林 Huá lín Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing
华林部 Huá lín bù Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing
游艺团 yóu yì tuán group of actors or acrobats at a fair / theatrical troupe
镜框舞台 jìng kuàng wǔ tái theatrical set
开台 kāi tái start of play / opening of theatrical performance
头牌 tóu pái tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production / by extension, the lead role
常德丝弦 Cháng dé sī xián Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
大打出手 dà dǎ chū shǒu to come to blows / to start a fight / (derived from the term for a type of theatrical fight scene, 打出手[da3 chu1 shou3])
草台班子 cǎo tái bān zi small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit
打脸 dǎ liǎn to put on theatrical makeup / (neologism c. 2014) to debunk sb's claim / to put egg on sb's face
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