二花脸

二花臉

èrhuāliǎn

noun

Meanings

1 secondary painted-face role in Peking opera
2 erhualian

Characters

painted; patterned

Examples

HSK 5

他在戏班里唱二花脸。

Tā zài xìbān lǐ chàng èrhuāliǎn.

He plays the secondary painted-face roles in the opera troupe.

HSK 7-9

二花脸重做功和念白，张飞、李逵这类角色常由他们来演。

Èrhuāliǎn zhòng zuògōng hé niànbái, Zhāng Fēi, Lǐ Kuí zhèlèi juésè cháng yóu tāmen lái yǎn.

Secondary painted-face actors focus on acting and spoken lines; roles like Zhang Fei and Li Kui usually go to them.

Tips

culture

Painted-face roles (净, also 花脸) split into the singing-led 大花脸, also called 铜锤花脸, and the acting-led 二花脸, also called 架子花脸. The second relies on bold movement and forceful spoken lines; Cao Cao is one of its great parts, and Yuan Shihai was a celebrated twentieth-century master of the role.

Stroke Order

二 èr

花 huā

脸 liǎn