配乐 配樂 pèi yuè to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music 雅郑 雅鄭 yǎ zhèng court music and vulgar music (i.e. 雅樂|雅乐[ya3 yue4], music of the court, and 鄭聲|郑声[Zheng4 sheng1], music of the state of Zheng, which was regarded as lewd) 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn 背景说明 背景說明 background paper / background note 背调 背調 bèi diào background check (abbr. for 背景調查|背景调查[bei4 jing3 diao4 cha2]) / to conduct a background check 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 歌坛 歌壇 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music) 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 国乐 國樂 guó yuè national music / Chinese traditional music 调 調 diào to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody syn 谱 譜 pǔ chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music syn 现代音乐 現代音樂 xiàn dài yīn yuè modern music / contemporary music 印度音乐 印度音樂 yìn dù yīn yuè Bhangra, Indian music (music genre) 哑鼓 啞鼓 yǎ gǔ drum practice pad (music) / a practice drum (music) 胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) 郑声 鄭聲 zhèng shēng folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] / lascivious, decadent music 曲风 曲風 qǔ fēng music style / music genre 背景 bèi jǐng background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 学历 學歷 xué lì educational background / academic qualifications 身后 身後 shēn hòu the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background syn 后台 後臺 hòu tái backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background syn 出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn 质地 質地 zhì dì texture / background (texture) / grain / quality / character / disposition syn 桌布 zhuō bù tablecloth / (computing) desktop background / wallpaper / CL:條|条[tiao2],塊|块[kuai4],張|张[zhang1] 家世 jiā shì family background syn 烘托 hōng tuō background (of a painting) / backdrop / a foil (to set off something to advantage) / to offset (something to advantage) syn 履历 履歷 lǚ lì background (academic and work) / curriculum vitae / résumé 历史背景 歷史背景 lì shǐ bèi jǐng historical background 旁白 páng bái aside (theater) / voice-over / background narration 路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn 回良玉 huí liáng yù Hui Liangyu (1944-) PRC Hui national career politician from Guilin, background in economics, politburo member 2002-2012, deputy chair of State Council 2003-2013 画外音 畫外音 huà wài yīn voice-over / background narration 根底 gēn dǐ foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause syn 刘云山 劉雲山 liú yún shān Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012 底 dǐ bottom / base / background / foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix / base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3shu4]) syn 来历不明 來歷不明 lái lì bù míng (idiom) of unknown origin / of dubious background 有教无类 有教無類 yǒu jiào wú lèi education for everyone, irrespective of background syn 青天白日 qīng tiān bái rì (idiom) in broad daylight / in the middle of the day / KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background syn 本底 běn dǐ background 本底调查 本底調查 běn dǐ diào chá background investigation 本底辐射 本底輻射 běn dǐ fú shè background radiation 本底计数 本底計數 běn dǐ jì shù background count 国际见闻 國際見聞 guó jì jiàn wén International Background Knowledge 天然本地 tiān rán běn dì natural background 来路不明 來路不明 lái lù bù míng unidentified origin / no-one knows where it comes from / of dubious background syn 德雷福斯 dé léi fú sī Dreyfus (name) / Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewish background, infamously imprisoned 1894 in miscarriage of justice 教育背景 jiào yù bèi jǐng educational background 历史沿革 歷史沿革 lì shǐ yán gé historical development / background 聚萤映雪 聚螢映雪 jù yíng yìng xuě lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom) / fig. ambitious student from impoverished background / burning the midnight oil 脚色 腳色 jué sè background (one's origin) / role (esp in Chinese opera) 预备知识 預備知識 yù bèi zhī shi background knowledge / prerequisite 背景辐射 背景輻射 bèi jǐng fú shè background radiation 宇宙背景辐射 yǔ zhòu bèi jǐng fú shè cosmic background radiation / cosmic microwave radiation 地震背景噪音 seismic background noise 本底一氧化碳血红蛋白含量 background carboxyhaemoglobin level 本底空气污染监测网 Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network 自然含量 background level 背景文件 bèi jǐng wén jiàn background document 高本底辐射地区 高本底輻射地區 high background radiation area 高本底地区 高本底地區 high background radiation area 宇宙本底勘探者 Cosmic Background Explorer 本底臭氧 background ozone 苏丹生命线行动第二阶段背景呼吁文件 蘇丹生命線行動第二階段背景呼籲文件 Operation Lifeline Sudan Phase II Background Appeal Document 漫红外背景实验 漫紅外背景實驗 Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment 背景吹风会 背景吹風會 background briefing 背景介绍 背景介紹 background briefing 背景杂波 背景雜波 background clutter / surface clutter 本底噪声电平 本底噪聲電平 background noise level 本底浓度 本底濃度 background concentration 本底污染 本底汙染 background pollution 本底地震噪声 本底地震噪聲 background seismic noise 背景调查 背景調查 background check 后台进程 後台進程 hòu tái jìn chéng background process (computing) 背景虚化 背景虛化 bèi jǐng xū huà background blurring (photography) 抠图 摳圖 kōu tú (image processing) to extract a foreground object from its background / image matting 身家 shēn jiā oneself and one's family / family background / pedigree / one's property / one's total assets syn 身家调查 身家調查 shēn jiā diào chá to do a background check on sb 背景调查 背景調查 bèi jǐng diào chá background check 半路出家 bàn lù - chū jiā lit. to enter monastic life at a mature age (idiom) / fig. to change one's career / to take up a new line of work or specialization / to enter a profession from a different background syn 去背 qù bèi (Tw) to remove the background from an image 音乐 音樂 yīn yuè music / CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4] syn 速度 sù dù speed / rate / velocity / (music) tempo / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 专辑 專輯 zhuān jí album / record (music) / special collection of printed or broadcast material syn 唱片 chàng piàn gramophone record / LP / music CD / musical album / CL:張|张[zhang1] 打击 打擊 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) syn 大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn 力度 lì dù strength / vigor / efforts / (music) dynamics 和弦 hé xián chord (music) 舞曲 wǔ qǔ dance music 摇滚 搖滾 yáo gǔn rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off 品味 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste syn 高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn 曲目 qǔ mù repertoire / program / song / piece of music syn 作曲 zuò qǔ to compose (music) syn 流行音乐 流行音樂 liú xíng yīn yuè pop music 编曲 編曲 biān qǔ to compose (music) / arrangement 凝重 níng zhòng dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding syn 音符 yīn fú (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram 