戏台
xì tái
Pinyin

Definition

戏台
 - 
xì tái
  1. stage

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

戏
xì
  1. 1 trick
  2. 2 drama
  3. 3 play
  4. 4 show
  5. 5 CL:齣|出[chū],場|场[chǎng],臺|台[tái]
台
Tái
  1. 1 Taiwan (abbr.)
台湾
Tái wān
  1. 1 Taiwan
游戏
yóu xì
  1. 1 game
  2. 2 CL:場|场[chǎng]
  3. 3 to play
下台
xià tái
  1. 1 to go off the stage
  2. 2 to fall from position of prestige
  3. 3 to step down (from office etc)
  4. 4 to disentangle oneself
  5. 5 to get off the hook
出台
chū tái
  1. 1 to officially launch (a policy, program etc)
  2. 2 to appear on stage
  3. 3 to appear publicly
  4. 4 (of a bar girl) to leave with a client
前台
qián tái
  1. 1 stage
  2. 2 proscenium
  3. 3 foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.)
  4. 4 front desk
  5. 5 reception desk
  6. 6 (computing) front-end
  7. 7 foreground
嬉戏
xī xì
  1. 1 to frolic
  2. 2 to romp
展台
zhǎn tái
  1. 1 display counter
  2. 2 stand
  3. 3 booth
平台
píng tái
  1. 1 platform
  2. 2 terrace
  3. 3 flat-roofed building
戏剧
xì jù
  1. 1 drama
  2. 2 play
  3. 3 theater
戏剧性
xì jù xìng
  1. 1 dramatic
戏曲
xì qǔ
  1. 1 Chinese opera
打擂台
dǎ lèi tái
  1. 1 (old) to fight on the leitai
  2. 2 (fig.) to enter a contest
拍戏
pāi xì
  1. 1 to shoot a movie
柜台
guì tái
  1. 1 variant of 櫃檯|柜台[guì tái]
演戏
yǎn xì
  1. 1 to put on a play
  2. 2 to perform
  3. 3 fig. to pretend
  4. 4 to feign
窗台
chuāng tái
  1. 1 window sill
  2. 2 window ledge
台上
tái shàng
  1. 1 on stage
台北
Tái běi
  1. 1 Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan

Idioms (12)

三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
债台高筑
zhài tái gāo zhù
  1. 1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
唱对台戏
chàng duì tái xì
  1. 1 to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb
  2. 2 to get into confrontation
稳坐钓鱼台
wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
台上一分钟，台下十年功
tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng
  1. 1 ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
视同儿戏
shì tóng ér xì
  1. 1 to regard sth as a plaything (idiom); to consider unimportant
  2. 2 to view as trifling
走马章台
zǒu mǎ zhāng tái
  1. 1 to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes
近水楼台
jìn shuǐ lóu tái
  1. 1 lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
近水楼台先得月
jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè
  1. 1 the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)
  2. 2 to benefit from intimacy with an influential person
逢场作戏
féng chǎng zuò xì
  1. 1 lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun
  2. 2 to play along according to local conditions

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