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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

song and dance
  1. 1. [American English] 歌舞,有歌舞的表演
  2. 2. [verbal] 遁辞,不着边际的解释,支吾搪塞的话;(为得到同情而编造的)借口
  3. 3. [verbal] 废话,罗嗦的话
  4. 4. [verbal] 热烈讨论;激动;骚动

Collins English-English Dictionary

song and dance
  1. 1. n [informal] [Brit] a fuss, esp one that is unnecessary
  2. 2. n [US and Canadian] a long or elaborate story or explanation, esp one that is evasive

Examples

Today, the cultural aspects of the ceremony live on through song and dance contests or festivals.
今天,要通过歌舞比赛和表演的形式展现庆典的文化气息。 aspect
Don't make a song and dance about it.
别那么大惊小怪的。 song and dance
They are making a song and dance about freedom.
他们长篇大论地说了一堆关于自由的废话。
I only asked him to move his book but he made such a song and dance about it.
我只不过是让他把书挪一下,他就大题小作的。
中央歌舞团是新中国成立后的第一个国家级歌舞团。
The Central Ensemble of Songs and Dances was the first national song and dance ensemble to be set up after the establishment of the new China. 歌舞团
一台戏(话剧、歌舞)
a performance (modern drama, song and dance performance)
杵乐这种民间艺术歌舞在中国大陆是很少见到的。
"Pestle music" - A folk performance of song and dance, is very rare in Mainland China. 杵乐
从小受爷爷影响和熏陶, 我也喜欢听二人台了。
Influenced by my grandpa when I was a child, I have also come to love listening to Inner Mongolian song and dance duets. 二人台
东北有句俗话:“宁舍三顿饭, 不舍二人转”, 充分表达了人们对这个地方剧种的喜爱。
As a saying in northeast China goes, "we'd rather give up our three meals a day than song and dance duets"; local people are keen on this kind of opera. 二人转

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