Search results for ‘supporting’
Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 160)
- 斗拱
- [dǒugǒng]
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(in monumental buildings) sets of brackets on top of the columns supporting the beams within and roof eaves without (each set consisting of tiers of outstretching arms called gong, cushioned with trapezoidal blocks called dou)
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- 配演
- [pèiyǎn]
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perform supporting role in a play
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- 捧哏
- [pěnggén]
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(of the supporting performer of a comic dialogue 相声) play the fool to help make people laugh
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- 演职员(演職員)
- [yǎnzhíyuán]
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general term for the performers and supporting staff of an artistic troupe
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- 一柱擎天
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one pillar supporting the sky —shouldering the heavy responsibility of high office
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Examples (1-5 of 24)
- 他看见没有人帮腔，也就不再坚持了。
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When he saw nobody supporting him, he no longer insisted.
- 他不但不支持我，反把我批评了一顿。
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Instead of supporting me, he criticized me.
- 相将而去
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go off supporting each other
- 起配合作用
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play a supporting role
- 他有幸为梅兰芳配过戏。
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He had the hon-our of playing a supporting role in an opera starring Mei Lanfang.
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