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试演

shì yǎn · shi yan

Traditional 試演

Meaning

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  1. audition
  2. dress rehearsal
  3. preview (of a theatrical performance)
  4. dummy run
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The tree audition

  1. Liangliang

    学校(xuéxiào)话剧(huàjù)明天(míngtiān)试演(shìyǎn)，你(nǐ)想(xiǎng)去(qù)吗(ma)？

    The school play auditions are tomorrow. Do you want to go?

  2. Dengdeng

    想(xiǎng)！我(wǒ)要(yào)演(yǎn)一棵(yīkē)树(shù)。

    Yes! I want to play a tree.

  3. Liangliang

    试演(shìyǎn)要(yào)说(shuō)三句话(sānjùhuà)，树(shù)会(huì)说话(shuōhuà)吗(ma)？

    The audition needs three lines. Can trees talk?

  4. Dengdeng

    会(huì)！我(wǒ)可以(kěyǐ)这样(zhèyàng)说(shuō)：风(fēng)来(lái)了(le)，叶子(yèzi)在(zài)动(dòng)。

    Yes! I can say: the wind is here, the leaves are moving.

  5. Liangliang

    说(shuō)得(de)真(zhēn)好(hǎo)！试演(shìyǎn)时(shí)导演(dǎoyǎn)会(huì)让(ràng)你(nǐ)演(yǎn)风(fēng)。

    Well said! At the audition the director will let you play the wind.

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导(dǎo)演(yǎn)让(ràng)演(yǎn)员(yuán)们(men)先(xiān)试(shì)演(yǎn)一(yí)段(duàn)，看(kàn)看(kan)效(xiào)果(guǒ)如(rú)何(hé)。

The director asked the actors to do a trial performance first to see how it went.

02

新(xīn)戏(xì)在(zài)正(zhèng)式(shì)开(kāi)演(yǎn)前(qián)会(huì)进(jìn)行(xíng)试(shì)演(yǎn)。

The new play will have a preview before its official opening.

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