梨园子弟
Mandarin
| simpl. | 梨园子弟 | |
|---|---|---|
| trad. | 梨園子弟 | |
Etymology
梨园 (Pear Garden royal acting and musical academy) + 子弟 (children)
- Opera performers have always begun training from a very young age.
Noun
梨园子弟 (simplified, Pinyin Líyuán zǐdì, traditional 梨園子弟)
- (archaic) opera troop performers
References
梨园 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia:梨园
Pear Garden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Pear Garden- "梨园子弟" (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: