# Practical Chinese Reader Book 3 - Lesson 11 # Published by The Commercial Press, Beijing 1996 - ISBN 710000904 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 收集 [shōují] /to collect, to gather/ 资料 [zīliào] /data, material/ 戏 [xì] /drama, play, show/ 民族 [mínzú] /nation, nationality/ 综合性 [zōnghéxìng] /synthesis/ 综合 [zōnghé] /to synthesize, to sum up/ 包括 [bāokuò] /to include, to consist of, to comprise/ 舞蹈 [wǔdǎo] /dance/ 美术 [měishù] /the fine arts, art/ 形式 [xíngshì] /form, shape/ 歌剧 [gējù] /opera/ 舞剧 [wǔjù] /dance drama, ballet/ 表演 [biǎoyǎn] /to perform, to act, to play/ 特点 [tèdiǎn] /characteristic, distinguishing feature/ 准确 [zhǔnquè] /accurate, exact, precise/ 内容 [nèiróng] /content, substance/ 习惯 [xíguàn] /habit, custom, usual practice/ 舞台 [wǔtái] /stage/ 布景 [bùjǐng] /(stage) set/ 通过 [tōngguò] /to pass through; by means of, by way of, through/ 演员 [yǎnyuán] /actor or actress, performer/ 马鞭 [mǎbiān] /horsewhip/ 动作 [dòngzuò] /movement, motion, action/ 产生 [chǎnshēng] /to produce, to engender/ 想象 [xiǎngxiàng] /to imagine, to fancy/ 出 [chū] /(a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)/ 灯光 [dēngguāng] /(stage) lighting, light/ 武打 [wǔdǎ] /acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance/ 搏斗 [bódòu] /to wrestle, to fight, to struggle/ 服装 [fúzhuāng] /dress, clothing, costume/ 化装 [huàzhuāng] /(of actors) to make up/ 特色 [tèsè] /characteristic, distinguishing feature or quality/ 脸谱 [liǎnpǔ] /types of facial makeup in operas/ 夸张 [kuāzhāng] /to exaggerate, to overstate/ 手法 [shǒufǎ] /skill, technique/ 性格 [xìnggé] /nature, disposition, temperament/ 独立 [dúlì] /to be independent, to stand alone/ 派 [pài] /group, school, faction/ 大师 [dàshī] /great master, master/ 年代 [niándài] /a decade of a century/ 实践 [shíjiàn] /to practice, to put into practice/ 创立 [chuànglì] /to found, to originate/ 戏剧 [xìjù] /drama, play, theater/ 剧 [jù] /drama, play, show/ 体现 [tǐxiàn] /to embody, to reflect, to give expression to/ 父母 [fùmǔ] /father and mother, parents/ 大多数 [dàduōshù] /great majority/ 多数 [duōshù] /majority/ 农奴 [nóngnú] /serf/ 曾经 [céngjīng] /once, (an adverb indicating sth happenened in the past)/ 战士 [zhànshì] /fighter, soldier/ 水平 [shuǐpíng] /level, standard/ 教材 [jiàocái] /teaching material/ 教学 [jiàoxué] /teaching and studying/ 专家 [zhuānjiā] /expert, specialist/ 故乡 [gùxiāng] /native place, hometown, birthplace/ 系列片 [xìlièpiān] /film series/ 改编 [gǎibiān] /to adapt, to rearrange, to revise/ 编 [biān] /to edit, to compile, to compose/ 真实 [zhēnshí] /true, real/ 情节 [qíngjié] /plot/ 紧张 [jǐnzhāng] /intense, strained, tense/ 主角 [zhǔjuér] /leading role, lead/ 贵妃醉酒 [Guìfēi Zuì Jiǔ] /the Drunken Beauty/ 罗密欧与朱丽叶 [Luómì’ōu yǔ Zhūlìyè] /Romeo and Juliet/ 三岔口 [Sānchàkǒu] /At the Crossroads/ # end