戏

variant of 戲|戏[xi4]

trick / drama / play / show / CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

surname Ge

dagger-axe / abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4] / (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[ge1 lei2]

child's play / trifling matter

to perform conjuring tricks / to conjure / to juggle

next-to-last item on a program (theater) / climax

puppet show

Beijing opera / CL:齣|出[chu1]

puppet show

fiction comes true / play-acting that turns into reality

to act in a play / to put on a play

Anhui local opera

(of an actor) to inhabit one's role / to become the character / (of an audience) to get involved in the drama

psychological drama

(of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends) / (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance

foreplay

last item on a show / grand finale

see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4]

to perform magic / to do magic tricks / prestidigitation

three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

Shanghai Theatrical Institute

Central Academy of Drama

to act in a play / (of an amateur) to play a part in a professional performance