芭蕾舞剧

芭蕾舞劇
bālěiwǔjù
noun #36,347

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 ballet (as a staged work)
  2. 2 ballet performance

Examples

Jīn wǎn Guójiā Dàjùyuàn shàngyǎn bālěiwǔjù 《Tiān'éhú》.
Tonight the National Centre for the Performing Arts is staging the ballet 'Swan Lake'.
Tā cóngxiǎo jiù mèngxiǎng tiào yí bù wánzhěng de bālěiwǔjù.
Since childhood she has dreamed of dancing a full-length ballet.

Tips

usage
芭蕾舞 (bālěiwǔ) = ballet as an art form / dance. Add 'play, drama' to mean a specific staged ballet work. So 'I love ballet' = 喜欢芭蕾舞; '《Swan Lake》 is a ballet' = 《天鹅湖芭蕾舞剧.
culture
China's two iconic homegrown ballets are 《红色娘子》 'The Red Detachment of Women' (1964) and 《》 'The White-Haired Girl' (1965), both rooted in revolutionary themes.

Stroke Order

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