对唱 (對唱)
duì chàng
Pinyin
Definition
对唱 (對唱)
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- in duet
- answering phrase
- antiphonal answer
Character Decomposition
Idioms (8)
一唱一和
- 1 to echo one another (idiom)
唱对台戏
- 1 to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb
- 2 to get into confrontation
唱白脸
- 1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)
唱空城计
- 1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
- 2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
- 3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
- 4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
唱红脸
- 1 to play the role of the hero (idiom)
- 2 to play the good cop
Sample Sentences
好的好的。就是一种男女的对唱的,对舞的这样的一种形式。
Great. It's a kind of male-female duet, and they dance together.
第一次听的时候觉得挺别扭,周杰伦和费玉清,一个是唱R&B的,一个是唱美声民歌小调的,听这两人对唱,刚开始的时候真的很不习惯。不过后来看了MV,又多听了几遍,就听出味道了。你还别说,最近好像很流行这种中西合璧的歌曲啊。
The first time I heard it I thought it was really awkward-- Jay Chow and Fei Yu Qing-- one sings R&B, the other sings operatic folk songs. At first I was really unaccustomed to hearing the two of them singing together. But then I saw the music video and listened to it a few more times, and I could understand the appeal. It seems like this kind of song that combines Western and Chinese elements has gotten really popular lately.