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game / CL: 場|场 / to play
HSK 3
a drama; a play; theater / script of a play
HSK 5
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  *戲* | 戲* | *戲
trick / drama / play / show / CL: 齣|出, 場|场, 臺|台
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戯* | 戯* | *戯
variant of 戲|戏
HSK 5
Chinese opera
HSK 6
video game machine / video game console
HSK 6
circus
HSK 7-9
to put on a play / to perform / fig. to pretend / to feign
HSK 7-9
to shoot a movie
HSK 7-9
puppet show
glove puppetry
to perform conjuring tricks / to conjure / to juggle
computer and video games
circus
type of opera from Taiwan and Fujian
to watch a play / to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd)
theater
large-scale Chinese opera / Beijing opera / major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc)
to banter / to crack jokes / to ridicule
playground
monodrama / one-man show / comic talk
role-playing game (RPG)
(coll.) not a chance / no way / hopeless
dramatic
to jokingly call / jocular appellation
theatrical piece; (fig.) scenario (in real life)
scene (in a movie etc) / one's part in a movie or play / (archaic) actor's payment
to frolic; to romp
(of an actor) to inhabit one's role / to become the character / (of an audience) to get involved in the drama
Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui)
to amuse oneself / to play with / to tease
hat trick (when one player scores three goals)
child's play / trifling matter
(derog.) opera singer / actor
to act in a play / to put on a play
to play tricks on / to make fun of / to tease
opera (or role) involving much singing and action / (fig.) highlight / main feature / major activity
lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun / to play along according to local conditions
the role an actor plays best (idiom) / (fig.) one's specialty / one's forte
model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution)
acrobatics; jugglery / trick; ploy
local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧, Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧, Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧 etc
theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy)
opera highlights performed as independent pieces
Beijing opera / CL: 齣|出
puppet show
monkey show
dramatist / playwright
crossword
to act in a play / (of an amateur) to play a part in a professional performance
to perform in opera
the best part (of a play etc)
sinister plot / dirty trick / cheap trick
Yu-Gi-Oh!
theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival)
end of a show
(theater etc) ticket
sex scene (in a movie etc)
Gaojia opera of Fujian and Taiwan
to attend an opera / to see an opera
opera for popular in Sichuan and Yunnan
the best part of the show is yet to come / (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come / you ain't seen nothin' yet
opera form popular along Changjiang
to regard sth as a plaything (idiom); to consider unimportant / to view as trifling
to insult
to perform magic / to do magic tricks / prestidigitation
actor's lines (in theater)
Shandong opera
to joke
last item on a program (theater)
dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest
(neologism c. 2017) melodramatic person / drama queen
glove puppet / CL:
a parody / to parody
stage
psychological drama
gamepad (Tw)
to play a game
video game console
kissing scene (in a movie etc)
Game of Thrones (TV series)
foreplay
drive-in theater
glove puppet (Tw)
theatrical
to start an opera
Shanghai Theatrical Institute
(coll.) promising / likely to turn out well
(dialect) veteran actor / old trouper
(of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends) / (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance
to direct a movie or play
Central Academy of Drama
to accept an acting role
a card game
gaming device / controller (for computer or console)
three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
puppet show

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