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小品

xiǎopǐn

short sketch; short literary essay

Two performers act a funny scene while the audience laughs
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Characters in this word

小 xiǎo

Strokes
3
Radical
小 — small, tiny, insignificant
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

品 pǐn

Strokes
9
Radical
口 — mouth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 春晚小品常常借夸张情节反映普通人的现实处境。 Chūnwǎn xiǎopǐn chángcháng jiè kuāzhāng qíngjié fǎnyìng pǔtōng rén de xiànshí chǔjìng. Spring Festival Gala comedy sketches often use exaggerated plots to reflect the real circumstances of ordinary people.
  • 他们班的同学排了一个很有意思的小品。 Tāmen bān de tóngxué páile yí ge hěn yǒu yìsi de xiǎopǐn. Their classmates rehearsed a very amusing sketch.
  • 这个小品只有五分钟,却让全场观众笑个不停。 Zhè ge xiǎopǐn zhǐ yǒu wǔ fēnzhōng, què ràng quánchǎng guānzhòng xiào ge bù tíng. This sketch lasts only five minutes, but kept the whole audience laughing nonstop.

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