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HSK
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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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
to intensify
HSK 7-9
practical joke / prank / to play a practical joke
Western opera / CL: 場|场, 齣|出
HSK 7-9
romantic comedy
popular show (on TV or other media)
absurd drama / farce / disgraceful show
tragicomedy
costume drama
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)
stage play
Sichuan opera
bourgeois tragedy
tragedy of the commons (economics)
to binge-watch (TV)
radio drama
Henan opera
comedy / farce
dance drama / ballet
time travel series (on TV)
Cantonese opera
(Tw) street theater (esp. as a form of political expression)
satellite television show
play in several acts / full-length drama
sitcom
Shaoxing opera
miniseries
period costume drama (on TV)
(theater, cinema) a musical
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
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)
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
spin-off series (TV)
Xiang opera (Hunan)
variety of opera popular in southern Fujian and Taiwan
Dong opera
pantomime; mime show
to quit watching a TV series
political street theater (loanword from Zhivaya Gazeta, or Living Newspaper, Russian theater form of the 1920s)
Xieju opera (ballad and dancing monologue, popular in Sichuan)
pantomime; mime show
Puzhou opera of Shanxi Province
Anhui opera
variant of 侗劇|侗剧


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