越剧 (越劇)
Yuè jù
Pinyin

Definition

越剧 (越劇)
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Yuè jù
  1. Shaoxing opera

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

越
Yuè
  1. 1 generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods
  2. 2 abbr. for Vietnam 越南
越来越
yuè lái yuè
  1. 1 more and more
卓越
zhuó yuè
  1. 1 outstanding
  2. 2 surpassing
  3. 3 distinguished
  4. 4 splendid
穿越
chuān yuè
  1. 1 to pass through
  2. 2 to traverse
  3. 3 to cross
超越
chāo yuè
  1. 1 to surpass
  2. 2 to exceed
  3. 3 to transcend

Idioms (6)

吴越同舟
Wú Yuè tóng zhōu
  1. 1 Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals
  2. 2 to collaborate towards a common end
  3. 3 in the same boat together
巴山越岭
bā shān yuè lǐng
  1. 1 to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain
  2. 2 good at climbing mountains
杀人越货
shā rén yuè huò
  1. 1 to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
翻山越岭
fān shān yuè lǐng
  1. 1 to pass over mountains ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey
越俎代庖
yuè zǔ dài páo
  1. 1 lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs
  2. 2 to take matters into one's own hands

Sample Sentences

穿越剧
chuānyuèjù
time travel dramas
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越剧？那你应该是浙江人吧？我有个大学室友就是你们那儿的，是个越剧迷。我还学了句“天上掉下个林妹妹”。
Yuèjù ？nà nǐ yīnggāi shì Zhèjiāngrén ba ？wǒ yǒu gè dàxué shìyǒu jiùshì nǐmen nàr de ，shì gè Yuèjù mí 。wǒ hái xué le jù “tiānshàng diào xià ge Lín mèimei ”。
Shaoxing opera? Then you're probably from Zhejiang, no? I had a college roommate who was from there; a Shaoxing opera fan. I even studied a few lines of, “From Heaven Fell a Sister Lin”
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可惜我没怎么听过，我们那里人爱听越剧。
kěxī wǒ méi zěnme tīng guo ，wǒmen nàlǐ rén ài tīng Yuèjù 。
It's a shame I haven't heard much Beijing opera. People from where I'm from love Shaoxing opera.
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