"tabletop role-playing game" Chinese-English Dictionary

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跑团 跑團 pǎo tuán tabletop role-playing game
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台式冰箱 臺式冰箱 tabletop refrigerator / tabletop fridge
剧本杀 劇本殺 jù běn shā murder mystery game (role-playing game)
吃鸡 吃雞 chī jī (video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) / battle royale game / last-man-standing game / to play PUBG (or similar game) / to win at PUBG (or similar game)
角色扮演游戏 角色扮演遊戲 jué sè bàn yǎn yóu xì role-playing game (RPG)
玩家角色 wán jiā jué sè player character (in a role-playing game)
系统角色 系統角色 xì tǒng jué sè non-playable character (in a role-playing game)
gān liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy syn
卡池 kǎ chí deck of cards (in a trading card game) / (ACG) pool / banner (collection of in-game items players draw from in a gacha video game)
绿叶 綠葉 lǜ yè green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role
片酬 piàn chóu remuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama
大沽炮台 大沽砲臺 dà gū pào tái Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
狂战士 狂戰士 kuáng zhàn shì berserker (Norse warrior or fantasy role-playing character)
狂暴者 kuáng bào zhě berserker (fantasy role-playing)
大沽口炮台 大沽口砲臺 dà gū kǒu pào tái Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
乾旦 qián dàn male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
男旦 nán dàn male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
挂机 掛機 guà jī to hang up (a phone) / to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc)
扑克 撲克 pū kè poker (game) (loanword) / playing cards syn
扑克牌 撲克牌 pū kè pái poker (card game) / playing card / CL:副[fu4] syn
以其人之道,还治其人之身 以其人之道,還治其人之身 yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1]) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
家家酒 jiā jiā jiǔ (Tw) house (children's game) / playing house
氪肝 kè gān (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing a video game (rather than pay for power-ups)
桌面 zhuō miàn desktop / tabletop
台式 tái shì (of an appliance) tabletop model / (of a computer) desktop model syn
台面 臺面 tái miàn tabletop / countertop / (fig.) public view / plain sight / (gambling) stake
配角 pèi jué supporting role / minor role / (of actors) to perform together syn
本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role syn
反串 fǎn chuàn (Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty / (modern) to play a transvestite role / to masquerade as an opponent
主创 主創 zhǔ chuàng to play a major role in a creative endeavor (e.g. making a movie) / person who plays a key creative role (e.g. movie director)
客场 客場 kè chǎng away-game arena / away-game venue
游戏机 遊戲機 yóu xì jī video game machine / video game console syn
看球 kàn qiú to watch a football game (or other ball game) / Fore! (golf) / Watch out for the ball!
猜拳 cāi quán finger-guessing game / rock-paper-scissors game / morra syn
电动玩具 電動玩具 diàn dòng wán jù battery-powered toy / (Tw) video game / computer game
和棋 hé qí drawn game (in chess or other board game) / CL:盤|盘[pan2] syn
躲猫猫 躲貓貓 duǒ māo māo hide-and-seek (game) / peekaboo (game)
复盘 復盤 fù pán (after completing a game of chess) to replay the game, analyzing the players' moves / (stock market) to resume trading
玩法 wán fǎ to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place
乙游 乙遊 yǐ yóu otome game – a romance simulation game targeted at women, typically featuring female protagonists and multiple male love interests (abbr. for 乙女遊戲|乙女游戏[yi3 nu : 3 you2 xi4])
下场 下場 xià chǎng to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) syn
to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards syn
纸牌 紙牌 zhǐ pái playing card syn
嬉笑 xī xiào to be laughing and playing / to giggle syn
哗众取宠 嘩眾取寵 huá zhòng qǔ chǒng sensationalism / vulgar claptrap to please the crowds / playing to the gallery / demagogy syn
吹箫 吹簫 chuī xiāo to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes / cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1] / (slang) fellatio / blowjob
弹子 彈子 dàn zi slingshot pellet / playing marbles / billiards / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] syn
走穴 zǒu xué (of itinerant entertainers) to tour, playing in many venues
趋炎附势 趨炎附勢 qū yán fù shì to curry favor (idiom) / playing up to those in power / social climbing syn
卡牌 kǎ pái playing card
pái signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2]) syn
náo (literary) a kind of gibbon / (music) wide vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3qin2]) (cf. 吟[yin2], rapid vibrato)
吴市吹箫 吳市吹簫 wú shì chuī xiāo to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
吹箫乞食 吹簫乞食 chuī xiāo qǐ shí to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
羯鼓催花 jié gǔ cuī huā drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
tòng classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) syn
宅男 zhái nán a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")
弦诵不辍 弦誦不輟 xián sòng bù chuò incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom)
比赛场 比賽場 bǐ sài chǎng stadium / playing field for a competition
玩兴 玩興 wán xìng interest in dallying / in the mood for playing
纸叶子 紙葉子 zhǐ yè zi deck of playing cards
轮指 輪指 lún zhǐ circular finger movement (in playing plucked instrument) / strumming
争取时间 playing for time
鸳鸯戏水 鴛鴦戲水 yuān yāng xì shuǐ lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water / fig. to make love syn
鬼牌 guǐ pái Joker (playing card)
场区 場區 chǎng qū (sports) section of a court or playing field / (computer chip manufacture) field area
舞文弄墨 wǔ wén nòng mò (idiom) to display one's facility with words / to show off one's literary skills / (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨[mo4] was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨[sheng2 mo4]) syn
翻摄 翻攝 fān shè to create an image or video by copying an existing one (e.g. taking a photo of a picture in a magazine, recording a video playing on a monitor, taking a screenshot of an online photo) / to remake (a film or TV show)
任务 任務 rèn wu mission / assignment / task / duty / role / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] syn
身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn
角色 jué sè role / part (in a play or movie etc) / also pr. [jiao3se4]
主角 zhǔ jué leading role / lead / protagonist syn
主演 zhǔ yǎn to play the leading role / to star / lead actor
扮演 bàn yǎn to play the role of / to act syn
职能 職能 zhí néng function / role syn
不分 bù fēn not to distinguish / to make no distinction / (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role)
老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn
诠释 詮釋 quán shì to interpret / to comment and explain / to annotate / to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role) / to decode / interpretation / annotation syn
小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)
充当 充當 chōng dāng to serve as / to act as / to play the role of syn
领衔 領銜 lǐng xián leading (role) / heading list of signatories / leading actors (in a show) / starring syn
榜样 榜樣 bǎng yàng model / example (for people to follow) / (in reference to a person) role model syn
青衣 qīng yī black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4] syn
起作用 qǐ zuò yòng to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
称霸 稱霸 chēng bà lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon / to take a leading role / to build a personal fiefdom syn
功臣 gōng chén meritorious official / person who renders exceptional service / hero / (fig.) sth that plays a vital role syn
客串 kè chuàn to appear on stage in an amateur capacity / (of a professional) to make a guest appearance / (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties / to substitute for
举足轻重 舉足輕重 jǔ zú qīng zhòng to play a critical role (idiom) / influential syn
周公 zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
一席之地 yī xí zhī dì (acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche
上位 shàng wèi seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic syn
重头戏 重頭戲 zhòng tóu xì opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity syn
担纲 擔綱 dān gāng to play the leading role syn
行当 行當 háng dang profession / role (acting) syn
能动性 能動性 néng dòng xìng initiative / active role
出镜 出鏡 chū jìng to appear on camera / to play a role in a film
花旦 huā dàn role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera syn
首演 shǒu yǎn maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing
接班 jiē bān to take over (from those working the previous shift) / to take over (in a leadership role etc) / to succeed sb 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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