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 团团转 團團轉 tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round / running around in circles / fig. frantically busy syn 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 武林 wǔ lín martial arts (social) circles 剧团 劇團 jù tuán theatrical troupe syn 圈圈 quān quan to draw a circle / cliques / circles syn 捧场 捧場 pěng chǎng to show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending their show / to attend an event to cheer on the participants / to patronize a restaurant or store / to sing the praises of syn 剧目 劇目 jù mù theatrical piece (play or opera) / repertoire / list of plays or operas syn 政界 zhèng jiè political and government circles syn 绕圈子 繞圈子 rào quān zi to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush syn 电影界 電影界 diàn yǐng jiè moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 政坛 政壇 zhèng tán political circles 科学界 科學界 kē xué jiè world of science / scientific circles syn 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 各界 gè jiè all walks of life / all social circles syn 学界 學界 xué jiè academic world / academic circles / academia syn 体育界 體育界 tǐ yù jiè sports circles / the sporting world 班子 bān zi organized group / theatrical troupe syn 班底 bān dǐ ordinary members of theatrical troupe syn 周而复始 週而復始 zhōu ér fù shǐ lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle syn 双簧 雙簧 shuāng huáng a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing / double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon) 学术界 學術界 xué shù jiè academic circles / academia syn 报界 報界 bào jiè the press / journalistic circles / the journalists 剧照 劇照 jù zhào photo taken during a theatrical production / a still (from a movie) 影坛 影壇 yǐng tán moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 金融界 jīn róng jiè banking circles / the world of finance 体坛 體壇 tǐ tán sporting circles / the world of sport 文坛 文壇 wén tán literary circles syn 教育界 jiào yù jiè academic world / academic circles / academia syn 报幕 報幕 bào mù announce the items on a (theatrical) program 武侠 武俠 wǔ xiá martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre) / knight-errant syn 经济界 經濟界 jīng jì jiè economic circles 知识界 知識界 zhī shi jiè intellectual circles / intelligentsia syn 画坛 畫壇 huà tán painting world / painting circles 艺坛 藝壇 yì tán art circles / art world syn 足坛 足壇 zú tán soccer circles / soccer world 黑眼圈 hēi yǎn quān dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye 圈内 圈內 quān nèi among insiders / within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc) / (esp.) in show business circles 文联 文聯 wén lián abbr. for 中國文學藝術界聯合會|中国文学艺术界联合会, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) syn 文艺演出 文藝演出 wén yì yǎn chū theatrical performance / CL:場|场[chang3] 楼台 樓臺 lóu tái (dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance syn 班主 bān zhǔ leader of a theatrical troupe 戏剧化 戲劇化 xì jù huà theatrical 中国文联 中國文聯 zhōng guó wén lián abbr. for 中國文學藝術界聯合會|中国文学艺术界联合会, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) 诗坛 詩壇 shī tán poetry circles / poetry world syn 熊猫眼 熊貓眼 xióng māo yǎn to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda 圈点 圈點 quān diǎn to mark a text with dots and circles / to punctuate syn 水袖 shuǐ xiù flowing sleeves (part of theatrical costume) 上海戏剧学院 上海戲劇學院 shàng hǎi xì jù xué yuàn Shanghai Theatrical Institute 剧 劇 jù theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc) / dramatic (change, increase etc) / acute / severe syn 试演 試演 shì yǎn audition / dress rehearsal / preview (of a theatrical performance) / dummy run syn 转来转去 轉來轉去 zhuàn lái zhuàn qù to rove around / to run around in circles / to walk back and forth syn 社戏 社戲 shè xì theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival) 做张做势 做張做勢 zuò zhāng zuò shì to put on an act (idiom) / to pose / to show theatrical affectation / to indulge in histrionics 做张做智 做張做智 zuò zhāng zuò zhì to put on an act (idiom) / to pose / to show theatrical affectation / to indulge in histrionics 迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé meandering and circuitous (idiom) / complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles 新剧同志会 新劇同志會 xīn jù tóng zhì huì New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社[Chun1 liu3 she4] 春柳 chūn liǔ Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4] 春柳剧场 春柳劇場 chūn liǔ jù chǎng Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4] 春柳社 chūn liǔ shè Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4] 替身演员 替身演員 tì shēn yǎn yuán substitute actor (esp. in fights of theatrical stunts) / stuntman 烟花粉黛 煙花粉黛 yān huā fěn dài woman / prostitute / lovemaking / literary or theatrical form in Tang, Song and Yuan 自报家门 自報家門 zì bào jiā mén to introduce oneself / originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role 华林 華林 huá lín Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing 华林部 華林部 huá lín bù Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing 游艺团 遊藝團 yóu yì tuán group of actors or acrobats at a fair / theatrical troupe 镜框舞台 鏡框舞台 jìng kuàng wǔ tái theatrical set 开台 開臺 kāi tái start of play / opening of theatrical performance syn 头牌 頭牌 tóu pái tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production / by extension, the lead role 常德丝弦 常德絲弦 cháng dé sī xián Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments 大打出手 dà dǎ chū shǒu to come to blows / to start a fight / (derived from the term for a type of theatrical fight scene, 打出手[da3 chu1 shou3]) syn 草台班子 草臺班子 cǎo tái bān zi small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit 打脸 打臉 dǎ liǎn to put on theatrical makeup / (neologism c. 2014) to debunk sb's claim / to put egg on sb's face 中国文学艺术界联合会 中國文學藝術界聯合會 zhōng guó wén xué yì shù jiè lián hé huì China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) / abbr. to 文聯|文联 棒坛 棒壇 bàng tán baseball circles / baseball world 武坛 武壇 wǔ tán martial arts circles 绕来绕去 繞來繞去 rào lái rào qù meandering and circuitous (idiom) / to go around in circles and never get anywhere 金融风暴 金融風暴 jīn róng fēng bào banking crisis / storm in financial circles 银坛 銀壇 yín tán moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 银海 銀海 yín hǎi moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 圆晕 圓暈 yuán yùn concentric circles / circular ripples 反贼 反賊 fǎn zéi (imperial China) rebel / traitor / (post-1949) enemy of the state / counter-revolutionary / (slang) dissident (used self-referentially, esp. in pro-democracy circles) 