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演
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Definitions
- 1. to develop
- 2. to evolve
- 3. to practice
- 4. to perform
- 5. to play
- 6. to act
Example Sentences
1 shown這場 演 講持續了兩個小時。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 演
benefit performance
stuntman
deductive reasoning
substitute actor (esp. in fights of theatrical stunts)
to be intensifying
to dramatize historical events
(of an actor) to bring (one's character) to life
extra (actor engaged to appear in a crowd scene)
the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論|进化论)
to prohibit performance
to perform a play
ever more critical
to overact
joint military exercise
clade (biology)
(PPT etc) presentation
to put on a play
movie actor
broadcast performance
performer
performance place
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[zhōu wǔ wáng] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
to calculate
acrobat
enka (Japanese genre of sentimental ballads)
to play out
history repeats itself
(of a play, movie etc) to begin
to go on stage
natural change
fashion show
to play the role of
role-playing game (RPG)
to act the leading role (in a movie or a play)
lecture
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
cosmogony
ventriloquist
(dialect) to perform
(theater etc) to tour
maneuver
to screen (a movie)
entertainer
Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩
to rehearse (a performance)
inaugural speech
to appear (in a show etc)
speech
to act (in a play)
to direct a movie in which one also plays a major role as an actor
leading actors (in a show)
performer
dummy run
to do a drill
to stop performing a play
to deduce
to evolve
to put on extra shows; to extend the run (of a show)
actor or actress
military exercise
film director
orator
joint performance
evolution
military exercises
to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
piano performance
to direct
road show or promotional tour (for a product etc)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[luó guàn zhōng], 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[liú bèi] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[shǔ hàn] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[cáo cāo] Wei 魏[wèi] as villains
cast (of a movie etc)
drill
arms drill
to perform on a musical instrument
exhibition match
succession (of changes in an ecological community)
theatrical performance
inversion (geometry)
sung performance
orator
to give a speech
audition
inaugural lecture
to act together
keynote speech
performing arts
keynote speech
logical calculation
to demonstrate
Dramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人獲|褚人获[chǔ rén huò]
play
to develop
to act
show business
vocal recital or concert
to perform in public; to give a performance
broadcasting studio
(theater etc) to tour
the entertainment world; show business
to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones)
an extra (in a movie)
to lecture
acting
maiden stage role
commercial performance