地方戏 dì fāng xì

DEFINITIONS

  1. 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

CHARACTERS

地 dì earth; soil, ground; region
方 fāng a square, rectangle; a region; local
戏 xì theatrical play, show