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扮演 扮演 [ban4 yan3] /to play the role of/to act/ 6036 1
本色出演 本色出演 [[ben3se4-chu1yan3]] /(of an actor) to play a role that matches one's own character or personality/ 36 2
表演 表演 [biao3 yan3] /play/show/performance/exhibition/to perform/to act/to demonstrate/CL:場|场[chang3]/ 6412 1
表演賽 表演赛 [biao3 yan3 sai4] /exhibition match/ 6174 1
兵棋推演 兵棋推演 [[bing1qi2 tui1yan3]] /war-gaming; simulation of a military operation/ 458 2
兵推 兵推 [[bing1tui1]] /war-gaming; simulation of a military operation (abbr. for 兵棋推演[bing1qi2 tui1yan3])/ 458 2
參演 参演 [can1 yan3] /to take part in a performance; to appear in (a movie etc)/ 1090 1
操演 操演 [cao1 yan3] /drill/exercise/demonstration/to demonstrate/ 4602 1
曹操 曹操 [Cao2 Cao1] /Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕/the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义/ 6859 1
草船借箭 草船借箭 [cao3 chuan2 jie4 jian4] /lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4])/fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends/ 4576 1
陳仲琳 陈仲琳 [[Chen2 Zhong4lin2]] /Chen Zhonglin, aka Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳[Xu3 Zhong4lin2] (c. 1567–c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1shen2 Yan3yi4] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星[Lu4 Xi1xing1]/ 432 2
赤壁之戰 赤壁之战 [Chi4 bi4 zhi1 Zhan4] /Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区[Huang2 zhou1 qu1] of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu/famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]/ 2000 1
重演 重演 [chong2 yan3] /to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones)/to repeat (a performance)/ 2896 1
出演 出演 [[chu1yan3]] /to perform (in a play, film, concert etc)/to play the part of; to portray/ 62 2
褚人獲 褚人获 [Chu3 Ren2 huo4] /Chu Renhuo (1635-1682), author of historical novel Dramatized History of Sui and Tang 隋唐演義|隋唐演义[Sui2 Tang2 Yan3 yi4]/ 1997 1
輟演 辍演 [chuo4 yan3] /to stop performing a play/to interrupt a stage run/ 6727 1
大橋 大桥 [Da4 Qiao2] /Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China/ 5747 1
導演 导演 [dao3 yan3] /to direct/director (film etc)/ 5705 1
登臺表演 登台表演 [deng1 tai2 biao3 yan3] /to go on stage/ 6554 1
電影演員 电影演员 [[dian4ying3 yan3yuan2]] /film actor; movie actor; movie actress/ 297 2
發表演講 发表演讲 [fa1 biao3 yan3 jiang3] /to give a speech/ 7149 1
反演 反演 [fan3 yan3] /inversion (geometry)/ 7081 1
分久必合,合久必分 分久必合,合久必分 [[fen1jiu3-bi4he2, he2jiu3-bi4fen1]] /(lit.) that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (proverb, from Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4])/(fig.) things are constantly changing/ 97 2
封神演義 封神演义 [Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] /Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc/ 4657 1
敷演 敷演 [fu1 yan3] /variant of 敷衍/to elaborate (on a theme)/to expound (the meaning of the classics)/ 6977 1
鋼琴演奏 钢琴演奏 [gang1 qin2 yan3 zou4] /piano performance/ 6588 1
公演 公演 [[gong1yan3]] /to perform in public; to give a performance/ 928 2
故伎重演 故伎重演 [gu4 ji4 chong2 yan3] /to repeat an old stratagem/up to one's old tricks/ 6861 1
合演 合演 [he2 yan3] /to act together/to put on a joint performance/ 6638 1
華容道 华容道 [Hua2 rong2 Dao4] /Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4])/ 5747 1
匯演 汇演 [hui4 yan3] /joint performance/ 6673 1
加演 加演 [jia1 yan3] /to put on extra shows; to extend the run (of a show)/to include an additional element in a show/ 1331 1
講演 讲演 [jiang3 yan3] /to lecture/to speak publicly/ 6844 1
禁演 禁演 [jin4 yan3] /to ban (a play or movie)/ 1080 1
就職演講 就职演讲 [jiu4 zhi2 yan3 jiang3] /inaugural lecture/ 5747 1
就職演說 就职演说 [jiu4 zhi2 yan3 shuo1] /inaugural speech/ 6268 1
角色扮演遊戲 角色扮演游戏 [jue2 se4 ban4 yan3 you2 xi4] /role-playing game (RPG)/ 4997 1
軍事演習 军事演习 [jun1 shi4 yan3 xi2] /military exercise/war game/ 6761 1
軍演 军演 [jun1 yan3] /military exercises/ 7149 1
開演 开演 [kai1 yan3] /(of a play, movie etc) to begin/ 6967 1
歷朝通俗演義 历朝通俗演义 [li4 chao2 tong1 su2 yan3 yi4] /Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩/ 6671 1
歷史重演 历史重演 [[li4shi3 chong2yan3]] /history repeats itself/ 920 2
聯合軍演 联合军演 [lian2 he2 jun1 yan3] /joint military exercise/ 7149 1
臨時演員 临时演员 [[lin2shi2 yan3yuan2]] /an extra (in a movie)/ 991 2
臨演 临演 [[lin2yan3]] /an extra (in a movie) (abbr. for 臨時演員|临时演员[lin2shi2 yan3yuan2])/ 991 2
領銜主演 领衔主演 [ling3 xian2 zhu3 yan3] /leading actors (in a show)/starring/ 6677 1
陸西星 陆西星 [Lu4 Xi1 xing1] /Lu Xixing (1520-c. 1601), Ming Daoist author, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] is attributed, together with Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳[Xu3 Zhong4 lin2]/ 2213 1
路演 路演 [lu4 yan3] /road show or promotional tour (for a product etc)/ 6136 1
邏輯演算 逻辑演算 [luo2 ji5 yan3 suan4] /logical calculation/ 6581 1
民國通俗演義 民国通俗演义 [Min2 guo2 tong1 su2 yan3 yi4] /Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 許廑父|许廑父/ 6671 1
拍演 拍演 [pai1 yan3] /(dialect) to perform; to act (in a play etc)/ 1024 1
排演 排演 [pai2 yan3] /to rehearse (a performance)/ 6222 1
群眾演員 群众演员 [qun2 zhong4 yan3 yuan2] /extra (actor engaged to appear in a crowd scene)/ 1531 1
群演 群演 [[qun2yan3]] /extra (actor engaged to appear in a crowd scene) (abbr. for 群眾演員|群众演员[qun2zhong4 yan3yuan2])/ 584 2
三顧茅廬 三顾茅庐 [san1 gu4 mao2 lu2] /lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times)/fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb/ 1100 1
三國演義 三国演义 [San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] /Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains/ 1972 1
沙盤推演 沙盘推演 [sha1 pan2 tui1 yan3] /to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)/to rehearse a planned action or activity/to conduct a dry run/ 5196 1
商演 商演 [shang1 yan3] /commercial performance/ 4270 1
上演 上演 [shang4 yan3] /to screen (a movie)/to stage (a play)/a screening/a staging/ 7149 1
時裝表演 时装表演 [shi2 zhuang1 biao3 yan3] /fashion show/ 5577 1
試演 试演 [shi4 yan3] /audition/dress rehearsal/preview (of a theatrical performance)/dummy run/ 6590 1
飾演 饰演 [shi4 yan3] /to act/to play a part/ 6663 1
首演 首演 [shou3 yan3] /maiden stage role/first performance/first public showing/ 6906 1
四大名著 四大名著 [si4 da4 ming2 zhu4] /the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]/ 5168 1
隋唐演義 隋唐演义 [Sui2 Tang2 Yan3 yi4] /Dramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人獲|褚人获[Chu3 Ren2 huo4]/ 4887 1
桃園結義 桃园结义 [tao2 yuan2 jie2 yi4] /to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) (idiom)/ 5747 1
桃園三結義 桃园三结义 [Tao2 yuan2 San1 Jie2 yi4] /Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞[Zhang1 Fei1] and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]/ 5076 1
特技演員 特技演员 [te4 ji4 yan3 yuan2] /stuntman/ 6146 1
替身演員 替身演员 [[ti4shen1 yan3yuan2]] /body double; stunt double/ 48 2
天體演化學 天体演化学 [tian1 ti3 yan3 hua4 xue2] /cosmogony/ 5121 1
天演 天演 [tian1 yan3] /natural change/evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化)/ 6872 1
天演論 天演论 [tian1 yan3 lun4] /the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論|进化论)/ 6872 1
推演 推演 [tui1 yan3] /to deduce/to infer/to derive/an implication/ 7051 1
推衍 推衍 [tui1 yan3] /to deduce/to infer/an implication/same as 推演/ 7051 1
文藝演出 文艺演出 [wen2 yi4 yan3 chu1] /theatrical performance/CL:場|场[chang3]/ 6412 1
小橋 小桥 [Xiao3 Qiao2] /Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China/ 5747 1
許仲琳 许仲琳 [Xu3 Zhong4 lin2] /Xu Zhonglin or Chen Zhonglin 陳仲琳|陈仲琳[Chen2 Zhong4 lin2] (c. 1567-c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陸西星|陆西星[Lu4 Xi1 xing1]/ 2213 1
巡迴演出 巡回演出 [[xun2hui2 yan3chu1]] /(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances/ 904 2
巡演 巡演 [[xun2yan3]] /(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡迴演出|巡回演出[xun2hui2 yan3chu1])/ 904 2
[[yan3]] /to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)/(bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)/ 875 2
演播 演播 [yan3 bo1] /broadcast performance/televised or podcast lecture/ 6922 1
演播室 演播室 [yan3 bo1 shi4] /broadcasting studio/ 6922 1
演唱會 演唱会 [yan3 chang4 hui4] /vocal recital or concert/ 6735 1
演出 演出 [yan3 chu1] /to act (in a play)/to perform/to put on (a performance)/performance/concert/show/CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]/ 4898 1
演出地點 演出地点 [yan3 chu1 di4 dian3] /performance place/CL:處|处[chu4]/ 6412 1
演歌 演歌 [yan3 ge1] /enka (Japanese genre of sentimental ballads)/ 3322 1
演化 演化 [yan3 hua4] /to evolve/evolution/ 6350 1
演化支 演化支 [yan3 hua4 zhi1] /clade (biology)/ 4269 1
演活 演活 [yan3 huo2] /(of an actor) to bring (one's character) to life/to act brilliantly/ 4327 1
演技 演技 [yan3 ji4] /acting/performing skills/ 6922 1
演講家 演讲家 [yan3 jiang3 jia1] /orator/ 6581 1
演進 演进 [yan3 jin4] /evolution/gradual forward progress/ 6922 1
演劇 演剧 [yan3 ju4] /to perform a play/ 6922 1
演示 演示 [yan3 shi4] /to demonstrate/to show/presentation/demonstration/ 5994 1
演示文稿 演示文稿 [yan3 shi4 wen2 gao3] /(PPT etc) presentation/ 3388 1
演說 演说 [yan3 shuo1] /speech/to deliver a speech/ 6608 1
演說者 演说者 [yan3 shuo1 zhe3] /orator/speaker/ 7149 1
演算法 演算法 [yan3 suan4 fa3] /algorithm (Tw)/ 1709 1
演替 演替 [yan3 ti4] /succession (of changes in an ecological community)/naturally evolving sequence/ 6472 1
演戲 演戏 [yan3 xi4] /to put on a play/to perform/fig. to pretend/to feign/ 6922 1
演藝 演艺 [yan3 yi4] /performing arts/ 7149 1
演義 演义 [yan3 yi4] /to dramatize historical events/novel or play on historical theme/ 6922 1
演繹法 演绎法 [yan3 yi4 fa3] /deductive reasoning/ 2546 1
演藝圈 演艺圈 [yan3 yi4 quan1] /show business/ 4622 1
演藝人員 演艺人员 [yan3 yi4 ren2 yuan2] /entertainer/performer/ 5430 1
演員陣容 演员阵容 [yan3 yuan2 zhen4 rong2] /cast (of a movie etc); lineup of performers; troupe/ 1024 1
演奏 演奏 [yan3 zou4] /to perform on a musical instrument/ 4041 1
演奏者 演奏者 [yan3 zou4 zhe3] /performer/musician/ 6931 1
演變 演变 [[yan3bian4]] /to develop; to evolve/ 895 2
演唱 演唱 [[yan3chang4]] /to sing (for an audience)/vocal performance/ 866 2
演出者 演出者 [[yan3chu1zhe3]] /performer/ 573 2
演講 演讲 [[yan3jiang3]] /to give a lecture; to make a speech/ 990 2
演練 演练 [[yan3lian4]] /to drill; to practice/ 881 2
演算 演算 [[yan3suan4]] /to perform calculations/ 407 2
演武 演武 [[yan3wu3]] /to practice martial arts/ 917 2
演習 演习 [[yan3xi2]] /(military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill; exercise; maneuver/ 920 2
演繹 演绎 [[yan3yi4]] /(of a story etc) to unfold; to play out/to develop (a technique etc)/to enact/(logic) to deduce; to infer/ 861 2
演藝界 演艺界 [[yan3yi4jie4]] /the entertainment world; show business/ 887 2
演員 演员 [[yan3yuan2]] /actor; actress; performer/ 992 2
義演 义演 [yi4 yan3] /benefit performance/charity show/ 6926 1
映演 映演 [[ying4yan3]] /(Tw) to screen a movie/ 879 2
預演 预演 [yu4 yan3] /dummy run/to run through sth/to rehearse/ 6752 1
愈演愈烈 愈演愈烈 [yu4 yan3 yu4 lie4] /ever more critical/problems get more and more intense/ 6589 1
越演越烈 越演越烈 [yue4 yan3 yue4 lie4] /to be intensifying/to be getting worse and worse/to start to run rampant/ 4488 1
雜技演員 杂技演员 [za2 ji4 yan3 yuan2] /acrobat/ 6509 1
昭披耶帕康 昭披耶帕康 [Zhao1 pi1 ye2 Pa4 kang1] /Chao Phraya Phra Klang (Royal Finance and External Affairs Minister), the honorary title of the 18th century official of the royal court of Thailand who translated 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) into Thai/ 2880 1
周瑜 周瑜 [Zhou1 Yu2] /Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff/in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]/ 1973 1
諸葛亮 诸葛亮 [[Zhu1ge3 Liang4]] /Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period/the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius/(fig.) a mastermind/ 432 2
主題演講 主题演讲 [zhu3 ti2 yan3 jiang3] /keynote speech/ 1978 1
主旨演講 主旨演讲 [zhu3 zhi3 yan3 jiang3] /keynote speech/ 3886 1
主演 主演 [[zhu3yan3]] /to play the leading role; to star/lead actor/ 886 2
自導自演 自导自演 [zi4 dao3 zi4 yan3] /to direct a movie in which one also plays a major role as an actor/(fig.) to plan and execute a scheme all by oneself/ 2055 1

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