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开场白

kāichǎngbái

opening remarks; introductory words

A speaker at a podium raises a hand in greeting
Memory picture

Characters in this word

开 kāi

Strokes
4
Radical
廾 — two hands
Made of
一 one 廾 two hands
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

场 chǎng

Strokes
6
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 勿 must not, do not
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 场

白 bái

Strokes
5
Radical
白 — white
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 他的开场白没有套话,而是用一个真实案例引出主题。 Tā de kāichǎngbái méiyǒu tàohuà, ér shì yòng yí ge zhēnshí ànlì yǐnchū zhǔtí. His opening remarks contained no empty formalities; instead, he introduced the topic through a real case.
  • 主持人的开场白很幽默,观众一下子笑了起来。 Zhǔchírén de kāichǎngbái hěn yōumò, guānzhòng yíxiàzi xiào le qǐlái. The host's opening remarks were humorous, and the audience burst out laughing.
  • 写文章时,我总是先想好开场白,再写正文。 Xiě wénzhāng shí, wǒ zǒngshì xiān xiǎng hǎo kāichǎngbái, zài xiě zhèngwén. When writing an essay, I always think of the opening first and then write the main text.

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