活报剧 活報劇 huó bào jù political street theater (loanword from Zhivaya Gazeta, or Living Newspaper, Russian theater form of the 1920s) 大厦 大廈 dà shà (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc) syn 上海 shàng hǎi Shanghai municipality (abbr. to 滬|沪[Hu4]) 沪上 滬上 hù shàng alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] / at (or in) Shanghai 一二八事变 一二八事變 yī èr bā shì biàn Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai 南汇 南匯 nán huì Nanhui former district of Shanghai, now in Pudong New District 浦東新區|浦东新区[Pu3 dong1 xin1 qu1], Shanghai 南汇区 南匯區 nán huì qū Nanhui former district of Shanghai, now in Pudong New District 浦東新區|浦东新区[Pu3 dong1 xin1 qu1], Shanghai 黄浦 黃浦 huáng pǔ the main river through Shanghai / name of a district in Shanghai 效果 xiào guǒ result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects syn 影院 yǐng yuàn cinema / movie theater syn 道具 dào jù (theater) prop / paraphernalia / (gaming) item / artifact 门票 門票 mén piào ticket (for theater, cinema etc) syn 戏剧 戲劇 xì jù a drama / a play / theater / script of a play syn 烟花 煙花 yān huā fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) syn 剧场 劇場 jù chǎng theater / CL:座[zuo4] syn 电影院 電影院 diàn yǐng yuàn cinema / movie theater / CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4] syn 上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater) syn 气管炎 氣管炎 qì guǎn yán bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus) / henpecked (a pun on 妻子管得嚴|妻子管得严[qi1 zi5 guan3 de5 yan2] used in comic theater) 剧院 劇院 jù yuàn theater / CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4] syn 席位 xí wèi a seat (in a theater, stadium etc) / parliamentary or congressional seat syn 音乐剧 音樂劇 yīn yuè jù (theater, cinema) a musical 后排 後排 hòu pái the back row (in a theater etc) / the rear seats (in a vehicle) 包厢 包廂 bāo xiāng box (in a theater or concert hall) / private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) syn 家庭影院 jiā tíng yǐng yuàn home cinema / home theater 总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations syn 巡演 xún yǎn (theater etc) to tour / to be on tour / to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡迴演出|巡回演出[xun2hui2 yan3chu1]) 战区 戰區 zhàn qū war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations syn 实景 實景 shí jǐng real scene (not set up or posed) / real location (not a film studio set or theater) / live action (not animation) syn 爆满 爆滿 bào mǎn filled to capacity (of theater, stadium, gymnasium etc) syn 穿帮 穿幫 chuān bāng (TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover 曲艺 曲藝 qǔ yì folk musical theater 戏院 戲院 xì yuàn theater syn 布鲁克 布魯克 bù lǔ kè Brook (name) / Peter Brook (1925), British theater director 旁白 páng bái aside (theater) / voice-over / background narration 馆子 館子 guǎn zi restaurant / theater (old) syn 池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn 狂言 kuáng yán ravings / delirious utterances / kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater) syn 散场 散場 sàn chǎng (of a theater) to empty / (of a show) to end syn 影剧院 影劇院 yǐng jù yuàn cinema / movie theater syn 点将 點將 diǎn jiàng to appoint a general (in theater) / fig. to appoint sb for a task 巡回演出 xún huí yǎn chū (theater etc) to tour / to be on tour / to give itinerant performances 昆曲 崑曲 kūn qǔ Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times syn 沙家浜 shā jiā bāng "Sha Family's Creek", a Beijing opera classified as model theater 樣板戲|样板戏[yang4 ban3 xi4] 幕布 mù bù (theater) curtain syn 夜场 夜場 yè chǎng evening show (at a theater etc) / nighttime entertainment venue (bar, nightclub, disco etc) 剧社 劇社 jù shè theater company 样板戏 樣板戲 yàng bǎn xì model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution) 影剧 影劇 yǐng jù film and theater / screen and stage 元曲 yuán qǔ Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy 聚光 jù guāng to focus light (e.g. in theater) / to spotlight 补票 補票 bǔ piào to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc / to buy a ticket for a show after having sat down in the theater 包场 包場 bāo chǎng to reserve all the seats (or a large block of seats) at a theater, restaurant etc 拆台 拆臺 chāi tái (theater) to dismantle the stage / (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet / to undermine sb's plans syn 压轴戏 壓軸戲 yā zhòu xì next-to-last item on a program (theater) / climax 竹板 zhú bǎn bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater 晚场 晚場 wǎn chǎng evening show (at theater etc) 角 jué role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale syn 幕间 幕間 mù jiān interval (between acts in theater) 数来宝 數來寶 shǔ lái bǎo folk theater consisting of recitation accompanied by clapper board rhythm 追光灯 追光燈 zhuī guāng dēng (theater) spotlight / followspot 厢 廂 xiāng box (in theater) / side room / side syn 暗转 暗轉 àn zhuǎn (theater) blackout (e.g. at the end of a scene) / (literary) to be promoted in rank secretly 包金 bāo jīn to gild / (old) wages paid to a performer or a troupe by a theater 布幕 bù mù screen (movie theater etc) 首都剧场 首都劇場 shǒu dū jù chǎng the Capital Theater (in Beijing) 勾栏 勾欄 gōu lán brothel / theater / carved balustrade 喜歌剧院 喜歌劇院 xǐ gē jù yuàn musical theater / Opéra Comique, Paris 小技 xiǎo jì small skills / folk musical theater 搭桌 dā zhuō charity performance (theater in former times) 散座 sǎn zuò single seat (in theater) / irregular passenger (in rickshaw) 散座儿 散座兒 sǎn zuò r erhua variant of 散座[san3 zuo4] / single seat (in theater) / irregular passenger (in rickshaw) 早场 早場 zǎo chǎng morning show (at a theater or cinema) / matinee 替角 tì jué (theater) understudy 楼座 樓座 lóu zuò gallery seat (in theater) 汽车戏院 汽車戲院 qì chē xì yuàn drive-in theater 烟花场 煙花場 yān huā chǎng brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) 烟花女 煙花女 yān huā nǚ prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) 烟花寨 煙花寨 yān huā zhài brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) 烟花簿 煙花簿 yān huā bù catalog of prostitutes (esp. in Yuan theater) 烟花行院 煙花行院 yān huā xíng yuàn brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) 烟花阵 煙花陣 yān huā zhèn brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) 留白 liú bái to leave a message / to leave some empty space in a work of art / to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc) 秧歌剧 秧歌劇 yāng ge jù Yangge opera, a rural form of theater 舞台音乐 舞台音樂 wǔ tái yīn yuè musical theater 走票 zǒu piào amateur performance (in theater) 瓜达尔卡纳尔岛战役 瓜達爾卡納爾島戰役 guā dá ěr kǎ nà ěr dǎo zhàn yì Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 - February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II 戏词 戲詞 xì cí actor's lines (in theater) syn 戏票 戲票 xì piào (theater etc) ticket 小道具 xiǎo dào jù (theater) hand prop (wine glass, pistol etc) 战区导弹防御 Theater Missile Defense 国际剧院学会 國際劇院學會 International Theater Institute 行动区频率管理单元 行動區頻率管理單元 theater frequency management cell 大轴戏 大軸戲 dà zhòu xì last item on a program (theater) 阶梯教室 階梯教室 jiē tī jiào shì lecture theater AB制 A B zhì to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum) / (theater) a system where two actors take turns in acting the main role, with one actor replacing the other if either is unavailable 大道具 dà dào jù (theater) set prop (desk, chairs etc) 装饰道具 裝飾道具 zhuāng shì dào jù (theater) set dressing / trim prop 随身道具 隨身道具 suí shēn dào jù (theater) personal prop (spectacles, fan etc) 追光 zhuī guāng (theater) spotlight 