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曲藝

简曲艺 · 繁曲藝

Mandarin · pinyin qǔ yì

folk musical theater

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曲: qū · crooked, bent; wrong, false
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艺: yì · art; talent, ability; craft

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3–4 · qu3 yi4

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noun

quyi; a category of traditional, usually non-staged, Chinese vocal art forms such as ballad singing (唱曲 (chàngqǔ) or 彈唱／弹唱 (tánchàng)), storytelling (說書／说书 (shuōshū)), comic dialogues (小品 (xiǎopǐn)), clapper talk (快板 (kuàibǎn)), and crosstalk (相聲／相声 (xiàngsheng))

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