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History and Modern Culture Surrounding Cantonese Opera SAMPLE
History and Modern Culture Surrounding Cantonese Opera
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粤剧：融传统与现代文化于一体
粤剧：融传统与现代文化于一体
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Keywords
方言 - fāngyán - topolect / dialect
叙事 - xùshì - narrative
确立 - quèlì - to establish / to institute
文化遗产 - wénhuà yíchǎn - cultural heritage
中叶 - zhōngyè - mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period
大肆 - dàsì - wantonly / without restraint (of enemy or malefactor) / unbridled
兴起 - xīngqǐ - to rise / to spring up / to burgeon / to be aroused / to come into vogue
扶持 - fúchí - to help / to assist
番 - fān - measure word for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc) / measure word for situations: kind, sort / measure word for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance)
强势 - qiángshì - strong / powerful / (linguistics) emphatic / intensive
花旦 - huādàn - role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
唱腔 - chàngqiāng - vocal music (in opera) / aria
拓展 - tuòzhǎn - to expand
前辈 - qiánbèi - senior / older generation / precursor
汲取 - jíqǔ - to draw / to derive / to absorb
精华 - jīnghuá - best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul
前沿 - qiányán - front-line / forward position / outpost / extending ahead / frontier (of science, technology etc.)
四射 - sìshè - to radiate all around
增强现实 - zēngqiáng xiànshí - augmented reality
协助 - xiézhù - to provide assistance / to aid
挖掘 - wājué - to excavate / to dig / to unearth
确保 - quèbǎo - to ensure / to guarantee
跨文化 - kuàwénhuà - intercultural
融合 - rónghé - a mixture / an amalgam / fusion / welding together / to be in harmony with (nature) / to harmonize with / to fit in
精髓 - jīngsuǐ - marrow / pith / quintessence / essence
仍旧 - réngjiù - still (remaining) / to remain (the same) / yet
共鸣 - gòngmíng - resonance (physics) / sympathetic response to sth
Grammar
被誉为… - Expressing "to have the reputation of / to be acclaimed to be / to be dubbed…" with "bèiyùwèi…"
粤剧被誉为“南国红豆”，历史最早可追溯至五百多年前的佛山。
追溯至 / 追溯到 + Time Period - Expressing "to date back to…" with "zhuīsù zhì / zhuīsù dào + Time Period"
粤剧被誉为“南国红豆”，历史最早可追溯至五百多年前的佛山。
据悉… - Expressing "according to reports / it is reported (that)…" with "jùxī…"
据悉，上个世纪中叶，随着现代都市娱乐大肆兴起，传统戏曲一度出现萎靡不振的趋势，其中也包括粤剧。
Subject + 一度 + Verb / Verbal Phrase - Expressing "for a time / at one time…" with "Subject + yīdù + Verb / Verbal Phrase" (doing something in a period of time that has passed)
据悉，上个世纪中叶，随着现代都市娱乐大肆兴起，传统戏曲一度出现萎靡不振的趋势，其中也包括粤剧。然而，在政府的大力扶持下，粤剧经过一番艺术创新，强势回归。
乃至... - Expressing "and even / to go so far as to..." with "nǎizhì..."
除了深得当时总理周恩来的欣赏与支持外，红线女还担起了粤剧的文化大使，将粤剧的影响力从内地拓展至香港，乃至东南亚。
加之… - Expressing "moreover / in addition to that…" with "jiāzhī…"
如今，在红线女等优秀前辈的带动下，加之善于从其它文化中汲取精华且敢于走在时尚前沿，粤剧不仅活力四射，更是深得海内外观众的喜爱。
Proper Nouns
粤剧 - Yuè Jù - Cantonese Opera戏曲 - Xìqǔ - Chinese opera
佛山 - Fóshān - Foshan (city in Guangdong Province)
联合国教科文组织 - Liánhéguó Jiào Kē Wén Zǔzhī - UNESCO / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
非物质文化遗产 - Fēiwùzhì Wénhuà Yíchǎn - Intangible Cultural Heritage
红线女 - Hóng Xiàn Nǚ - Hung Sin-nui (former Chinese actress and Cantonese opera singer, 1927-2013)
京昆 - Jīng Kūn - Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera
周恩来 - Zhōu Ēnlái - Zhou Enlai (Chinese communist leader, Prime Minister 1949-1976)
粤剧社会艺术水平考级 - Yuèjù Shèhuì Yìshù Shuǐpíng Kǎojí - Cantonese Opera Social Grading Exam
春节戏曲晚会 - Chūnjié Xìqǔ Wǎnhuì - Spring Festival Opera Gala
Idioms
萎靡不振 - wěimǐbùzhèn - dispirited and listless / downcast
独树一帜 - dúshùyīzhì - lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree / fig. to act as a loner / to stand out / to develop one's own school / to have attitude of one's own
始终如一 - shǐzhōngrúyī - unswerving from start to finish
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