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HSK
a drama; a play; theater / script of a play
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
theater
to banter / to crack jokes / to ridicule
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 amuse oneself / to play with / to tease
(derog.) opera singer / actor
to play tricks on / to make fun of / to tease
dramatist / playwright
the best part (of a play etc)
(theater etc) ticket
to insult
actor's lines (in 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
theatrical
histrionic personality disorder (HPD)
magic trick
joking matter / to go back on one's words
period costume drama (on TV)


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