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achievement / performance records / grades / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 2
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  *票* | 票* | *票
ticket / ballot / banknote / CL: 張|张 / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
HSK 1
function; performance; behavior
HSK 5
play / show / performance / exhibition / to perform / to act / to demonstrate / CL: 場|场
HSK 3
to sing (for an audience) / vocal performance
HSK 3
to show / to show off / to display / to manifest / expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior
HSK 3
online; connected to the Internet / (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; functioning at a high level
HSK 7-9
to act (in a play) / to perform / to put on (a performance) / performance / concert / show / CL: 場|场,
HSK 3
(of skin etc) smooth; satiny; delicate / (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed; subtle; exquisite; meticulous
HSK 7-9
achievement; accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results
HSK 7-9
infectiousness (of a disease) / appeal; power; impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc)
HSK 7-9
dance (performance art) / dancing
HSK 6
shameful performance / disgraceful situation
(coll.) rock-solid; no-nonsense; undeniably genuine (esp. of skills, effort, performance or service)
benefit performance / charity show
teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts)
cost-performance ratio
HSK 7-9
(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡迴演出|巡回演出)
to freshen up / to be cautious or vigilant / to watch out / stimulant to enhance mental performance / stay-awake drug / agrypnotic
to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話|评话 / to listen to an audiobook
whole edition / whole performance (of Chinese opera)
opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
press conference / unveiling ceremony / (product) launch / (fashion) show / (dance) performance / (music) recital / (political) rally / (thesis) presentation seminar
theatrical performance / CL: 場|场
remarkable (performance, achievement etc) / worthy of praise
dialogue (for stage performance)
to couple; to link; to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与 + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling
HSK 7-9
toy / plaything / thing / act / trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc)
standard salary for a specific job (contrasted with performance pay 績效工資|绩效工资 or commission 提成 etc)
theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival)
special performance
joint performance
the number of showings of a movie, play etc / screening; performance
to take part in a performance; to appear in (a movie etc)
lit. extreme saturation (idiom) / fig. vividly and thoroughly / in great detail / without restraint / (of a performance) brilliant
to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble)
to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth / to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
performance bond (international trade)
(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances
to grade (a student's work); to rate (sb's performance); to give a score
to intersperse comic remarks (in a performance) / (fig.) to quip / to banter
performance place / CL: 處|处
key performance indicator (KPI)
maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing
(archaic) adept and valiant military general / skilled athlete; top player / champion-level athlete (title awarded by the General Administration of Sport of China based on performance in international and national competitions) (abbr. for 運動健將|运动健将)
to rehearse (a performance)
(filmmaking) to prerecord a musical soundtrack to which actors will later synchronize their performance during filming
comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]) / huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
HSK 7-9
to act together / to put on a joint performance
performance art
to beat the gong to open a performance
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epidemic; pestilence; plague / (fig.) stupid; dull; (of a performance) lackluster
start of play / opening of theatrical performance
performance artist
champion-level athlete (title awarded by the General Administration of Sport of China based on performance in international and national competitions)
high performance
to perform in public; to give a performance
a feast which also has a singing performance
(of folk artists) to give a performance at a temple fair or on the street etc
performance / results / achievement
amateur performance (in theater)
end (of a performance or sports match) / last round of testing in the imperial examinations
carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance
audition / dress rehearsal / preview (of a theatrical performance) / dummy run
(dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance
broadcast performance / televised or podcast lecture
piano performance
to degrade the performance of a sold product via a system update
commercial performance
to fling back weapons hurled at one by attackers (acrobatic performance in Chinese opera) / to come to blows / to start a fight
to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest / buffoonery
slow to heat up / (fig.) (of a person) reserved; introverted; slow to develop relationships; (of a product etc) to take time to become popular; (sports) slow to reach peak performance
(of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends) / (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance
to act in a play / (of an amateur) to play a part in a professional performance
military achievements; (fig.) record of performance in a competitive field (esp. win-loss record in sports)
performance artist
jujitsu / contortion (performance art)
to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones) / to repeat (a performance)
contortion (performance art)
teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers
family heirloom / most precious family possession / person's secrets / one's best performance
charity performance (theater in former times)
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
one's ability to give a convincing performance of a song
performance art
examination discipline / (Tw) performance assessment and discipline (abbr. for 考核 + 紀律|纪律), used in reference to internal review and oversight functions within political parties


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