theatrical play, show

DEFINITIONS

戲 xì
  • variant of 戲|戏[xi4]
  • trick
  • drama
  • play
  • show
  • CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]

WORDS

三個女人一臺 sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
上海劇學院 shàng hǎi xì jù xué yuàn Shanghai Theatrical Institute
中央劇學院 zhōng yāng xì jù xué yuàn Central Academy of Drama
jīng xì Beijing opera; CL:齣|出[chu1]
人偶 rén ǒu xì puppet show
真唱 jiǎ xì zhēn chàng fiction comes true; play-acting that turns into reality
zuò xì to act in a play; to put on a play
傀儡 kuǐ lěi xì puppet show
nuó xì Anhui local opera
ér xì child's play; trifling matter
rù xì (of an actor) to inhabit one's role; to become the character; (of an audience) to get involved in the drama
內心 nèi xīn xì psychological drama
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
qián xì foreplay
唱對臺 chàng duì tái xì to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb; to get into confrontation
chàng xì to perform in opera
地方 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
地方曲 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
填字遊 tián zì yóu xì crossword
壓臺 yā tái xì last item on a show; grand finale
壓軸好 yā zhòu hǎo xì see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4]
壓軸 yā zhòu xì next-to-last item on a program (theater); climax
大軸 dà zhòu xì last item on a program (theater)
還在後頭 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
xī xì to frolic; to romp
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