评书
píng shū
Pinyin

Definition

评书
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píng shū
  1. pingshu, a folk art where a single performer narrates stories from history or fiction

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

图书馆
tú shū guǎn
  1. 1 library
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
情书
qíng shū
  1. 1 love letter
批评
pī píng
  1. 1 to criticize
  2. 2 criticism
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
书
Shū
  1. 1 abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]
书写
shū xiě
  1. 1 to write
看书
kàn shū
  1. 1 to read
  2. 2 to study
评
píng
  1. 1 to discuss
  2. 2 to comment
  3. 3 to criticize
  4. 4 to judge
  5. 5 to choose (by public appraisal)
评价
píng jià
  1. 1 to evaluate
  2. 2 to assess
评论
píng lùn
  1. 1 to comment on
  2. 2 to discuss
  3. 3 comment
  4. 4 commentary
  5. 5 CL:篇[piān]
评论家
píng lùn jiā
  1. 1 critic
  2. 2 reviewer
评选
píng xuǎn
  1. 1 to select on the basis of a vote or consensus
读书
dú shū
  1. 1 to read a book
  2. 2 to study
  3. 3 to attend school
点评
diǎn píng
  1. 1 to comment
  2. 2 a point by point commentary
上书
shàng shū
  1. 1 to write a letter (to the authorities)
  2. 2 to present a petition
出书
chū shū
  1. 1 to publish books
副书记
fù shū ji
  1. 1 deputy secretary
图书
tú shū
  1. 1 books (in a library or bookstore)
  2. 2 CL:本[běn],冊|册[cè],部[bù]
天书
tiān shū
  1. 1 imperial edict
  2. 2 heavenly book (superstition)
  3. 3 obscure or illegible writing
  4. 4 double dutch
好评
hǎo píng
  1. 1 favorable criticism
  2. 2 positive evaluation
影评
yǐng píng
  1. 1 film review

Idioms (14)

仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
掉书袋
diào shū dài
  1. 1 lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to show off one's erudition
  3. 3 a person who does so
书不尽言
shū bù jìn yán
  1. 1 I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
书香门第
shū xiāng mén dì
  1. 1 family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
牛角挂书
niú jiǎo guà shū
  1. 1 lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be diligent in one's studies
白面书生
bái miàn shū shēng
  1. 1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
知书达理
zhī shū dá lǐ
  1. 1 educated and well-balanced (idiom)
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
  1. 1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
  2. 2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
  3. 3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
罄笔难书
qìng bǐ nán shū
  1. 1 too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds) (idiom)
  2. 2 see also 罄竹難書|罄竹难书[qìng zhú nán shū]
著书立说
zhù shū lì shuō
  1. 1 to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
行万里路，读万卷书
xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū
  1. 1 Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom)
  2. 2 Learn as much as you can and do all you can.
评头品足
píng tóu pǐn zú
  1. 1 to make idle remarks about a woman's appearance (idiom)
评头论足
píng tóu lùn zú
  1. 1 lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance
  2. 2 fig. to find fault in minor details
  3. 3 to remark upon a person's appearance
  4. 4 nitpicking
  5. 5 overcritical
  6. 6 judgmental

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