"(coll.) (loanword) drama" Chinese-English Dictionary

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抓马 抓馬 zhuā mǎ (coll.) (loanword) drama / dramatic
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
偶像剧 偶像劇 ǒu xiàng jù idol drama / drama series in which the actors are chosen for their preexisting popularity with young viewers
八点档 八點檔 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.
léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn
zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn
没法儿 沒法兒 méi fǎ r (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ... / it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) syn
Q Q cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc - foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / (loanword) to cue sb
剧情 劇情 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre)
电视剧 電視劇 diàn shì jù TV series / TV drama / CL:部[bu4]
连续剧 連續劇 lián xù jù serialized drama / dramatic series / show in parts
戏剧 戲劇 xì jù a drama / a play / theater / script of a play syn
剧集 劇集 jù jí (serialized TV or Internet drama) show / series
话剧 話劇 huà jù stage play / modern drama / CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] syn
艺术学院 藝術學院 yì shù xué yuàn art institute / art and drama college
楔子 xiē zi wedge / peg / stopper / prologue (in some modern novels) / prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama syn
片酬 piàn chóu remuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama
反派 fǎn pài villain (of a drama etc) syn
舞剧 舞劇 wǔ jù dance drama / ballet syn
广播剧 廣播劇 guǎng bō jù radio drama
历史剧 歷史劇 lì shǐ jù historical drama
古装剧 古裝劇 gǔ zhuāng jù costume drama
中央戏剧学院 中央戲劇學院 zhōng yāng xì jù xué yuàn Central Academy of Drama
窦娥冤 竇娥冤 dòu é yuān The Injustice to Dou E (popular drama by 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1])
回肠荡气 回腸盪氣 huí cháng dàng qì soul-stirring (of drama, poem or artwork) / heart-rending / deeply moving syn
丑剧 醜劇 chǒu jù absurd drama / farce / disgraceful show
zhuī to chase / to pursue / to look into / to investigate / to reminisce / to recall / to court (one's beloved) / to binge-watch (a TV drama) / retroactively / posthumously syn
手影 shǒu yǐng hand shadow drama
kào 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) syn
trick / drama / play / show / CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2] syn
gěng 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) syn
荡气回肠 蕩氣回腸 dàng qì huí cháng heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc) / deeply moving syn
大长今 大長今 dà cháng jīn Dae Jang Geum, a 2003 Korean historical drama TV series
三个女人一台戏 三個女人一臺戲 sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
博客话剧 博客話劇 bó kè huà jù blog drama (netspeak)
多幕剧 多幕劇 duō mù jù play in several acts / full-length drama
戏说剧 戲說劇 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 滿城盡帶黃金甲 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 時裝劇 shí zhuāng jù contemporary drama
双峰镇 雙峰镇 shuāng fēng zhèn Twin Peaks, US television drama series 1990-1991
内心戏 內心戲 nèi xīn xì psychological drama
入戏 入戲 rù xì (of an actor) to inhabit one's role / to become the character / (of an audience) to get involved in the drama
戏精 戲精 xì jīng (neologism c. 2017) melodramatic person / drama queen
打戏 打戲 dǎ xì (opera, drama, film) fight scene
一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn
礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn
末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn
大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini
奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn
促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly
滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3])
gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn
sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn
zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn
xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn
zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn
dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn
zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn
垫补 墊補 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack syn
蹦跶 蹦躂 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life)
跟手 gēn shǒu (coll.) while doing it / on the way through / (coll.) immediately / at once / (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements syn
过节儿 過節兒 guò jié r (coll.) grudge / strife / (coll.) good manners
𪨊 sóng (coll.) semen / (coll.) weak and incompetent
榆木脑袋 榆木腦袋 yú mù nǎo dai (coll.) thickhead / (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead)
念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of) / to cherish the memory of / aspiration / desire / sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)
念想儿 念想兒 niàn xiang r (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)
串串 chuàn chuàn (coll.) skewers / barbecued food on sticks / (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1]) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat) / mutt / mixed-breed cat
拜拜 bái bái (loanword) bye-bye / also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc / (coll.) to part ways (with sb) / (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) syn
波霸 bō bà (slang) (loanword) big boobs / big-breasted / (coll.) tapioca balls, in 波霸奶茶[bo1 ba4 nai3 cha2]
迪吧 dí bā disco (coll.) / diva (loanword)
残念 殘念 cán niàn (coll.) to regret / what a pity! (loanword from Japanese "zannen")
to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]) / cassette syn
māo cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem
shài (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to syn
极客 極客 jí kè (loanword) (coll.) geek
咖逼 kā bī (coll.) coffee (loanword) (Tw)
阿莎力 ā shā lì (coll.) straightforward / unreserved / openhearted (Tw) (loanword from Japanese "assari")
爱豆 愛豆 ài dòu (loanword) (coll.) idol
C位 C wèi (neologism, c. 2015) (coll.) most prominent position (e.g. in a group photo of entertainers) (loanword from "carry" or "center" or "core")
傲娇 傲嬌 ào jiāo (coll.) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside (loanword from Japanese "tsundere")
蜜大腿 mì dà tuǐ (coll.) curvaceous thighs (loanword from Korean)
微劈恩 wēi pī ēn (coll.) (loanword) VPN
欧了 歐了 ōu le (coll.) okay (loanword from "over")
摩托 mó tuō (loanword) motor / (loanword) motorbike / motorcycle (abbr. for 摩托車|摩托车[mo2tuo1che1]) syn
苏打 蘇打 sū dá (loanword) soda / (loanword) carbonated drink / soft drink
卡式 kǎ shì (of a device) designed to accept a cassette, cartridge or canister (loanword from "cassette") / designed to have a card or ticket inserted (also written 插卡式[cha1 ka3 shi4]) (loanword from "card")
曼陀罗 曼陀羅 màn tuó luó (botany) devil's trumpet (Datura stramonium) (loanword from Sanskrit "māndāra") / mandala (loanword from Sanskrit "maṇḍala")
pài (literary) tributary / branch of a river / clique / school / group / faction / (bound form) style / manner / to send (a person or resource) / to dispatch / to allocate (a resource or task) / to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一[yi]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ) / the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie syn
hāi oh alas / hey! / hi! (loanword) / a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) syn
沙士 shā shì (loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink) / (HK) (loanword) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
不会 不會 bù huì improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all syn
看看 kàn kan to take a look at / to examine / to survey / (coll.) pretty soon syn
真是 zhēn shi indeed / truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) syn
就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if syn
那是 nà shi (coll.) of course / naturally / indeed
要是 yào shi (coll.) if syn
老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife syn
尺寸 chǐ cun size / dimensions / measurements (esp. of clothes) / (coll.) propriety syn
爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father / dad / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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