梨园
Mandarin
| simpl. | 梨园 | |
|---|---|---|
| trad. | 梨園 | |
Etymology
Literally: Pear Garden
- Pear Garden was the name of the first known royal acting and musical academy in China. Later on, it came to refer to opera troops in general.
Proper noun
梨园 (simplified, Pinyin Líyuán, traditional 梨園)
- (archaic) Pear Garden
- (archaic) opera troop
References
梨园 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia- Pear Garden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Pear Garden
- "梨园" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2009-05-31.
- 2007, Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin), Hong Kong: Commercial Press, ISBN 9789620702778:
