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Mandarin · pinyin píng tán

pingtan, a traditional Suzhou narrative art that combines storytelling and ballad singing, typically performed by two artists
also used as a collective term for 評話 píng huà (spoken storytelling) and 彈詞 tán cí (sung storytelling)

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评: píng · appraise, criticize, evaluate
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2–2 · ping2 tan2

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(music) a Suzhounese variety of Chinese storytelling, usually accompanied by one or more musical instruments

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