play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate
表演过火表演過火biao3 yan3 guo4 huo3
to overact; to overdo one's part
表演赛表演賽biao3 yan3 sai4
exhibition match
操演操演cao1 yan3
drill; exercise; demonstration; to demonstrate
重演重演chong2 yan3
a repeat performance; repeat occurrence (e.g. of a disaster)
出演出演chu1 yan3
to appear (in a show etc); an appearance (on stage etc)
辍演輟演chuo4 yan3
to stop performing a play; to interrupt a stage run
导演導演dao3 yan3
to direct; director (film etc)
登台表演登臺表演deng1 tai2 biao3 yan3
to go on stage
电影导演電影導演dian4 ying3 dao3 yan3
film director
电影演员電影演員dian4 ying3 yan3 yuan2
movie star
发表演讲發表演講fa1 biao3 yan3 jiang3
to give a speech
反演反演fan3 yan3
inversion (geometry)
封神演义封神演義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 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
敷演敷演fu1 yan3
variant of 敷衍; to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the meaning of the classics)
钢琴演奏鋼琴演奏gang1 qin2 yan3 zou4
piano performance
公演公演gong1 yan3
to perform (e.g. on the stage); to lecture
故伎重演故伎重演gu4 ji4 chong2 yan3
to repeat an old stratagem; up to one's old tricks
合演合演he2 yan3
to act together; to put on a joint performance
汇演匯演hui4 yan3
joint performance
加演加演jia1 yan3
encore; to give an extra performance
讲演講演jiang3 yan3
to lecture; to speak publicly
禁演禁演jin4 yan3
to prohibit performance
就职演讲就職演講jiu4 zhi2 yan3 jiang3
inaugural lecture
就职演说就職演說jiu4 zhi2 yan3 shuo1
inaugural speech
角色扮演游戏角色扮演遊戲jue2 se4 ban4 yan3 you2 xi4
role-playing game (RPG)
军事演习軍事演習jun1 shi4 yan3 xi2
military exercise; war game
军演軍演jun1 yan3
military exercises
开演開演kai1 yan3
(of a play, movie etc) to begin
口技表演者口技表演者kou3 ji4 biao3 yan3 zhe3
ventriloquist
历朝通俗演义歷朝通俗演義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
联合军演聯合軍演lian2 he2 jun1 yan3
joint military exercise
临时演员臨時演員lin2 shi2 yan3 yuan2
an extra (in a movie)
领衔主演領銜主演ling3 xian2 zhu3 yan3
leading actors (in a show); starring
路演路演lu4 yan3
road show or promotional tour (for a product etc)
逻辑演算邏輯演算luo2 ji5 yan3 suan4
logical calculation
民国通俗演义民國通俗演義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
拍演拍演pai1 yan3
(dialect) to perform; to act (in a play etc)
排演排演pai2 yan3
to rehearse (a performance)
三国演义三國演義san1 guo2 yan3 yi4
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, 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, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備, 蜀漢|刘备, 蜀汉 as vi
沙盘推演沙盤推演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
商演商演shang1 yan3
commercial performance
上演上演shang4 yan3
to screen (a movie); to stage (a play); a screening; a staging
时装表演時裝表演shi2 zhuang1 biao3 yan3
fashion show
试演試演shi4 yan3
audition; dress rehearsal; preview (of a theatrical performance); dummy run
饰演飾演shi4 yan3
to act; to play a part
首演首演shou3 yan3
maiden stage role; first performance; first public showing
隋唐演义隋唐演義sui2 tang2 yan3 yi4
Dramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人獲|褚人获
特技演员特技演員te4 ji4 yan3 yuan2
stuntman
替身演员替身演員ti4 shen1 yan3 yuan2
substitute actor (esp. in fights of theatrical stunts); stuntman
天体演化学天體演化學tian1 ti3 yan3 hua4 xue2
cosmogony
天演天演tian1 yan3
natural change; evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化)
天演论天演論tian1 yan3 lun4
the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論|进化论)
推演推演tui1 yan3
to deduce; to infer; to derive; an implication
文艺演出文藝演出wen2 yi4 yan3 chu1
theatrical performance
巡回演出巡迴演出xun2 hui2 yan3 chu1
(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances
巡演巡演xun2 yan3
(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances; abbr. for 巡迴演出|巡回演出
演变演變yan3 bian4
to develop; to evolve; development; evolution
演播演播yan3 bo1
broadcast performance; televised or podcast lecture
演播室演播室yan3 bo1 shi4
broadcasting studio
演唱演唱yan3 chang4
sung performance; to sing for an audience
演唱会演唱會yan3 chang4 hui4
vocal recital or concert
演出演出yan3 chu1
to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show
演出地点演出地點yan3 chu1 di4 dian3
performance place
演出者演出者yan3 chu1 zhe3
performer
演化演化yan3 hua4
to evolve; evolution
演化支演化支yan3 hua4 zhi1
clade (biology)
演活演活yan3 huo2
(of an actor) to bring (one's character) to life; to act brilliantly
演技演技yan3 ji4
acting; performing skills
演讲演講yan3 jiang3
lecture; to make a speech
演讲家演講家yan3 jiang3 jia1
orator
演进演進yan3 jin4
evolution; gradual forward progress
演剧演劇yan3 ju4
to perform a play
演练演練yan3 lian4
drill; practice
演示演示yan3 shi4
to demonstrate; to show; presentation; demonstration
演说演說yan3 shuo1
speech; to deliver a speech
演说者演說者yan3 shuo1 zhe3
orator; speaker
演算演算yan3 suan4
to calculate; to perform calculations
演替演替yan3 ti4
succession (of changes in an ecological community); naturally evolving sequence
演武演武yan3 wu3
arms drill; to practice martial arts
演习演習yan3 xi2
maneuver; exercise; practice; to maneuver
演戏演戲yan3 xi4
to put on a play; to perform; fig. to pretend; to feign
演绎演繹yan3 yi4
(of a story etc) to unfold; to play out; to develop (a technique etc); to enact; (logic) to deduce; to infer
演义演義yan3 yi4
to dramatize historical events; novel or play on historical theme
演艺演藝yan3 yi4
performing arts
演绎法演繹法yan3 yi4 fa3
(Logic) deduction
演艺界演藝界yan3 yi4 jie4
performing arts circles; show business
演艺圈演藝圈yan3 yi4 quan1
show business
演艺人员演藝人員yan3 yi4 ren2 yuan2
entertainer; performer
演员演員yan3 yuan2
actor or actress; performer
演员阵容演員陣容yan3 yuan2 zhen4 rong2
cast (of a movie etc); lineup of performers; troupe
演奏演奏yan3 zou4
to perform on a musical instrument
演奏者演奏者yan3 zou4 zhe3
performer; musician
义演義演yi4 yan3
benefit performance; charity show
预演預演yu4 yan3
dummy run; to run through sth; to rehearse
愈演愈烈愈演愈烈yu4 yan3 yu4 lie4
ever more critical; problems get more and more intense
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
杂技演员雜技演員za2 ji4 yan3 yuan2
acrobat
主题演讲主題演講zhu3 ti3 yan3 jiang3
keynote speech
主演主演zhu3 yan3
to act the leading role (in a movie or a play); to star; lead actor