开场
kāi chǎng
Pinyin

Definition

开场
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kāi chǎng
  1. to begin
  2. to open
  3. to start
  4. beginning of an event

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

cháng
  1. 1 threshing floor
  2. 2 classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
shì chǎng
  1. 1 marketplace
  2. 2 market (also in abstract)
guǎng chǎng
  1. 1 public square
  2. 2 plaza
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
jī chǎng
  1. 1 airport
  2. 2 airfield
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā],處|处[chù]
xiàn chǎng
  1. 1 the scene (of a crime, accident etc)
  2. 2 (on) the spot
  3. 3 (at) the site
kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to start
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to boil
  5. 5 to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. 6 to operate (a vehicle)
  7. 7 carat (gold)
  8. 8 abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén]
  9. 9 abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format
kāi shǐ
  1. 1 to begin
  2. 2 beginning
  3. 3 to start
  4. 4 initial
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
kāi xīn
  1. 1 to feel happy
  2. 2 to rejoice
  3. 3 to have a great time
  4. 4 to make fun of sb
kāi chē
  1. 1 to drive a car
kāi mén
  1. 1 to open a door (lit. and fig.)
  2. 2 to open for business
lí kāi
  1. 1 to depart
  2. 2 to leave
shàng chǎng
  1. 1 on stage
  2. 2 to go on stage
  3. 3 to take the field
xià chǎng
  1. 1 to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc)
  2. 2 to take part in some activity
  3. 3 to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
diū kāi
  1. 1 to cast or put aside
  2. 2 to forget for a while
zhōng chǎng
  1. 1 middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)
  2. 2 midfield
  3. 3 mid-court (in sports)
  4. 4 half-time
  5. 5 intermission half-way through a performance
zhǔ chǎng
  1. 1 home ground (sports)
  2. 2 home field
  3. 3 main venue
  4. 4 main stadium
Wǔ jiǎo chǎng
  1. 1 Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University
tíng chē chǎng
  1. 1 parking lot
  2. 2 car park
rù chǎng
  1. 1 to enter the venue for a meeting
  2. 2 to enter into an examination
  3. 3 to enter a stadium, arena etc

Idioms (20)

一夫当关,万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一把钥匙开一把锁
yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ
  1. 1 One key opens one lock.
  2. 2 There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground
哪壶不开提哪壶
nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú
  1. 1 lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot
  2. 2 to talk about sb's weak point
喜笑颜开
xǐ xiào yán kāi
  1. 1 grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
  2. 2 beaming with happiness
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
  1. 1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display ambidexterity
  3. 3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
  4. 4 to use both feet equally (football)
广开言路
guǎng kāi yán lù
  1. 1 to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)
情窦初开
qíng dòu chū kāi
  1. 1 first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
  1. 1 to die in battle (idiom)
撇开不谈
piē kāi bù tán
  1. 1 to ignore an issue (idiom)
放开手脚
fàng kāi shǒu jiǎo
  1. 1 to have free rein (idiom)
救场如救火
jiù chǎng rú jiù huǒ
  1. 1 the show must go on (idiom)
旗开得胜
qí kāi dé shèng
  1. 1 lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success
  2. 2 success in a single move
树上开花
shù shàng kāi huā
  1. 1 to deck the tree with false blossoms
  2. 2 to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom)
死猪不怕开水烫
sǐ zhū bù pà kāi shuǐ tàng
  1. 1 lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be unaffected (by sth)
  3. 3 undaunted
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
  1. 1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
狗窦大开
gǒu dòu dà kāi
  1. 1 dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)
皮开肉绽
pí kāi ròu zhàn
  1. 1 flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)
眉开眼笑
méi kāi yǎn xiào
  1. 1 brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy
  2. 2 all smiles

Sample Sentences

秦宇终于松了一口气,原来是个乌龙,只是虚惊一场罢了。他趁机问了女孩儿的名字,聊了几句,原来女孩儿喜欢看话剧,同时也是个古董控,一个月前去了上海玩,在上海看了几场话剧,还去逛了一些跳蚤市场。秦宇原本想加她微信,但女孩儿说手机上周摔坏了,暂时没有手机可以用。于是他们直接约了隔天表演开场前的半小时在剧院门口碰面。
QínYǔ zhōngyú sōngleyìkǒuqì ,yuánlái shì ge wūlóng ,zhǐshì xūjīngyìchǎng bàle 。tā chènjī wèn le nǚháiēr de míngzi ,liáo le jǐ jù ,yuánlái nǚháiēr xǐhuan kàn huàjù ,tóngshí yě shì ge gǔdǒng kòng ,yīgē yuè qián qù le Shànghǎi wán ,zài Shànghǎi kàn le jǐ chǎng huàjù ,hái qù quàng le yīxiē tiàozǎoshìchǎng 。QínYǔ yuánběn xiǎng jiā tā Wēixìn ,dàn nǚháiēr shuō shǒujī shàngzhōu shuāihuài le ,zànshí méiyǒu shǒujī kěyǐ yòng 。yúshì tāmen zhíjiē yuē le gétiān biǎoyǎn kāichǎng qián de bànxiǎoshí zài jùyuàn ménkǒu pèngmiàn 。
QinYu took a load off his mind. As it turned out that it's a mistake, merely a false alarm. He seized the opportunity and asked the girl's name, chatted for a while. In fact, the girl likes to watch stage drama, and she's a big fan of antique as well. Last month, she went to visit Shanghai, watched some play there, and visited some flea market. QinYu was thinking to add her on Wechat, but the girl said that she broke her phone last week, so she doesn't have a phone. Therefore, they decided to meet in front of the theatre half an hour before the play starts the next day.
哈哈,老毕呀,每次的开场白都一样,能不能换个有点儿新意的呀!
hāhā ,lǎobì ya ,měicì de kāichǎngbái dōu yīyàng ,néngbùnéng huàn gè yǒudiǎnr xīnyì de ya !
Ha ha, Lao Bi, you always start with the same old words, can't you change it up with a little creativity!
都开场10分钟了,再不卖的话,亏得更多。
dōu kāichǎng shí fēnzhōng le ,zài bù mài dehuà ,kuī de gèng duō 。
It started ten minutes ago, if you don't sell them you will lose even more money.
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