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大戲

简大戏 · 繁大戲

Mandarin · pinyin dà xì

large-scale Chinese opera
Beijing opera
major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc)

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
戲: Look up this written character
戏: xì · theatrical play, show

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4–4 · da4 xi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 hei3

Cantonese word readings for 大戲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

opera, especially: — full-scale drama or traditional Chinese opera (Classifier: 齣／出 m c)
opera, especially: — (dialectal, colloquial) Beijing opera
opera, especially: — (Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau) Cantonese opera (Classifier: 齣／出 c)

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