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to open (a conference) / to inaugurate
HSK 5
the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting)
HSK 5
screen (TV, computer or movie)
HSK 6
inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal
HSK 7-9
subtitles; captions (of a movie etc)
HSK 7-9
prologue
HSK 7-9
movie screen
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幕* | 幕* | *幕
curtain or screen / canopy or tent / headquarters of a general / act (of a play)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幕* | 幕* | *幕
old variant of / curtain / screen
HSK 7-9
tabernacle (biblical word for a meeting hall or tent)
the curtain drops / the end of the show
hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets
to take a curtain call / (fig.) to come to an end
curtain of night / gathering darkness
opening / unveiling
water screen (screen formed of sprayed water droplets, used for displaying projected images, for temperature control, or for air purification)
heavy curtain
announce the items on a (theatrical) program
curtain of rain / downpour
smokescreen / fig. a diversion
TV screen
hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement)
tent
final scene (of a play) / denouement
(Tw) screen (of a TV, computer etc)
360° cinema screen
screen (movie theater etc)
green screen
canopy
screen / backdrop
touchscreen
touchscreen
government advisor
barrage (military) / "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time / danmaku (video game subgenre)
(fig.) to raise the curtain / to lift the curtain / to be a curtain raiser for
screen (of a TV, computer etc) (Tw)
touchscreen
touchscreen / touch panel
Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)


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