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theater / CL:
HSK 3
serialized drama / dramatic series / show in parts
HSK 3
Beijing opera / CL: 場|场, 齣|出
HSK 3
TV series / TV drama / CL:
HSK 3
a comedy / CL: , 齣|出
HSK 5
a drama; a play; theater / script of a play
HSK 5
stage play / modern drama / CL: 臺|台,
HSK 3
story line / plot / drama (genre)
HSK 7-9
script; screenplay; scenario; libretto
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *劇* | 劇* | *劇
theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc) / dramatic (change, increase etc) / acute / severe
HSK 6
tragedy / CL: 齣|出
HSK 5
rapid; sudden
HSK 7-9
cast and crew / performers and production team
HSK 7-9
Shanghai Grand Theater
to intensify
HSK 7-9
Shanghai Theatrical Institute
theater / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
practical joke / prank / to play a practical joke
dramatic
Western opera / CL: 場|场, 齣|出
HSK 7-9
violent; acute; severe; fierce
HSK 7-9
romantic comedy
popular show (on TV or other media)
absurd drama / farce / disgraceful show
tragicomedy
to change dramatically / radical change
costume drama
dramatic increase
farce
to watch a TV series etc regularly / to binge-watch
American TV series (abbr. for 美國電視劇|美国电视剧)
to write a play / scenario / dramatist / screenwriter
HSK 7-9
tragedy / calamity / atrocity
idol drama / drama series in which the actors are chosen for their preexisting popularity with young viewers
soap opera (loanword)
plot leak / spoiler
stage play
tragic
acute pain / sharp pain / twinge / stab / pang
(serialized TV or Internet drama) show; series
Sichuan opera
bourgeois tragedy
tragedy of the commons (economics)
to binge-watch (TV)
highly toxic; extremely poisonous
theater company
radio drama
Henan opera
theatrical troupe
HSK 7-9
dramatist / playwright
comedy / farce
murder mystery game (role-playing game)
dance drama / ballet
tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
theatrical piece (play or opera) / repertoire / list of plays or operas
HSK 7-9
playwright
cinema / movie theater
time travel series (on TV)
theatrical
The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Cantonese opera
(Tw) street theater (esp. as a form of political expression)
satellite television show
play in several acts / full-length drama
New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社
Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿, Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖, Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远 and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴
photo taken during a theatrical production / a still (from a movie)
sitcom
Shaoxing opera
miniseries
period costume drama (on TV)
screenplay; film script
(theater, cinema) a musical
musical theater / Opéra Comique, Paris
to perform a play
anime series
La Comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克
becoming acute / to exacerbate
Yi opera
repertory / repertoire / repertory item
film and theater / screen and stage
Yangge opera, a rural form of theater
Wuxi opera (which developed in the area around Wuxi 無錫|无锡)
(slang) poorly made TV drama (featuring absurd plots, terrible acting etc); a cringeworthy show (often so bad it's entertaining)
opera house
Shanghai opera
contemporary drama
puppet show
historical drama
blog drama (netspeak)
web series
short play; sketch; skit / (neologism c. 2020) short-form video drama (esp. episodic videos made for mobile platforms, typically less than 5 minutes per episode)
screen adaptation (TV series or movie based on an online novel or video game etc)
fun and mockery
a Yuan dynasty form of musical comedy
the world of Chinese opera / theatrical circles
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, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会
spin-off series (TV)

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