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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *出* | 出* | *出
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *靠* | 靠* | *靠
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)
HSK 2
TV series / TV drama / CL:
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戏* | 戏* | *戏
trick / drama / play / show / CL: 齣|出, 場|场, 臺|台
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *追* | 追* | *追
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
HSK 3
a drama; a play; theater / script of a play
HSK 5
serialized drama / dramatic series / show in parts
HSK 3
story line / plot / drama (genre)
HSK 7-9
stage play / modern drama / CL: 臺|台,
HSK 3
(coll.) (loanword) drama; dramatic; exaggerated
psychological drama
(neologism, attested by 2016) TV drama drought; nothing good to watch
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *梗* | 梗* | *梗
branch / stem / stalk / CL: / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from , 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)
(neologism c. 2017) melodramatic person / drama queen
(serialized TV or Internet drama) show; series
historical drama
villain (of a drama etc)
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.
costume drama
The Injustice to Dou E (popular drama by 關漢卿|关汉卿)
contemporary drama
short play; sketch; skit / (neologism, attested by 2020) short-form video drama (esp. episodic videos made for mobile platforms, typically less than 5 minutes per episode)
radio drama
Dae Jang Geum, a 2003 Korean historical drama TV series
Twin Peaks, US television drama series 1990-1991
hand shadow drama
(of an actor) to inhabit one's role / to become the character / (of an audience) to get involved in the drama
heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc) / deeply moving
Central Academy of Drama
idol drama / drama series in which the actors are chosen for their preexisting popularity with young viewers
remuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama
period costume drama (on TV)
dance drama / ballet
play in several acts / full-length drama
three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
Curse of the Golden Flower (2007), period drama movie by Zhang Yimou
(opera, drama, film) fight scene
Doll's House (1879), drama by Ibsen 易卜生
art institute / art and drama college
absurd drama / farce / disgraceful show
soul-stirring (of drama, poem or artwork) / heart-rending / deeply moving
(opera, drama, film) non-action scene
(slang) poorly made TV drama (featuring absurd plots, terrible acting etc); a cringeworthy show (often so bad it's entertaining)
Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬, starring 趙本山|赵本山
Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style
wedge / peg / stopper / prologue (in some modern novels) / prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama
blog drama (netspeak)


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