活劇

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	drama; play; show drama; play; show; severe
trad. (活劇)		活	劇
simp. (活剧)		活	剧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huójù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huójù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huójyù
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-chü⁴
    • Yale: hwó-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwojiuh
    • Palladius: хоцзюй (xoczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/

Noun

活劇

1. living drama; real but dramatic event

   • 軍事家活動的舞臺建築在客觀物質條件的上面，然而軍事家憑著這個舞臺，卻可以導演出許多有聲有色威武雄壯的活劇來。 [MSC, trad.]
     军事家活动的舞台建筑在客观物质条件的上面，然而军事家凭着这个舞台，却可以导演出许多有声有色威武雄壮的活剧来。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Jūnshìjiā huódòng de wǔtái jiànzhù zài kèguān wùzhì tiáojiàn de shàngmiàn, rán'ér jūnshìjiā píngzhe zhège wǔtái, què kěyǐ dǎoyǎn chū xǔduō yǒushēngyǒusè wēiwǔxióngzhuàng de huójù lái. [Pinyin]

     The stage of action for military people is built upon objective material conditions, but on that stage they can direct the performance of many a drama, full of sound and colour, power and grandeur.