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Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei as villains
(PPT etc) presentation
show business
HSK 7-9
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  *演* | 演* | *演
to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show) / (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
HSK 3
to play the leading role; to star / lead actor
HSK 7-9
to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom) / to rehearse a planned action or activity / to conduct a dry run
to give a speech
cast (of a movie etc); lineup of performers; troupe
military exercise / war game
benefit performance / charity show
to put on a play / to perform / fig. to pretend / to feign
HSK 7-9
to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging
HSK 6
the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传, Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
to give a lecture; to make a speech
HSK 4
keynote speech
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
to evolve / evolution
to develop; to evolve
HSK 7-9
Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China
actor; actress; performer
HSK 3
(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡迴演出|巡回演出)
entertainer / performer
to drill; to practice
HSK 7-9
broadcasting studio
HSK 7-9
deductive reasoning
Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
performer / musician
ever more critical / problems get more and more intense
HSK 7-9
an extra (in a movie) (abbr. for 臨時演員|临时演员)
Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind
acting / performing skills
HSK 7-9
speech / to deliver a speech
HSK 7-9
succession (of changes in an ecological community) / naturally evolving sequence
play / show / performance / exhibition / to perform / to act / to demonstrate / CL: 場|场
HSK 3
to perform on a musical instrument
HSK 6
vocal recital or concert
HSK 3
orator / speaker
an extra (in a movie)
war-gaming; simulation of a military operation
theatrical performance / CL: 場|场
(of a story etc) to unfold; to play out / to develop (a technique etc) / to enact / (logic) to deduce; to infer
HSK 7-9
to sing (for an audience) / vocal performance
HSK 3
to perform calculations
the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論|进化论)
extra (actor engaged to appear in a crowd scene) (abbr. for 群眾演員|群众演员)
movie actor / movie actress
fashion show
lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
to direct / director (film etc)
HSK 3
(of a play, movie etc) to begin
to deduce / to infer / to derive / an implication
exhibition match
joint performance
Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China
to take part in a performance; to appear in (a movie etc)
inversion (geometry)
performer
performing arts
to perform a play
(military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill; exercise; maneuver
HSK 7-9
road show or promotional tour (for a product etc)
(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances
keynote speech
Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮
to repeat an old stratagem / up to one's old tricks
evolution / gradual forward progress
stuntman
to be intensifying / to be getting worse and worse / to start to run rampant
performance place / CL: 處|处
dummy run / to run through sth / to rehearse
maiden stage role / first performance / first public showing
to rehearse (a performance)
acrobat
ventriloquist
to practice martial arts
role-playing game (RPG)
natural change / evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化)
Chu Renhuo (1635-1682), author of historical novel Dramatized History of Sui and Tang 隋唐演義|隋唐演义
orator
to act together / to put on a joint performance
drill / exercise / demonstration / to demonstrate
(Tw) to screen a movie
to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme
to play the role of / to act
HSK 5
enka (Japanese genre of sentimental ballads)
Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 許廑父|许廑父
extra (actor engaged to appear in a crowd scene)
to perform in public; to give a performance
to act / to play a part
lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb
Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩
the entertainment world; show business
algorithm (Tw)
to lecture / to speak publicly
to put on extra shows; to extend the run (of a show) / to include an additional element in a show
joint military exercise
to stop performing a play / to interrupt a stage run
to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義|三国演义) (idiom)
to go on stage

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