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主题 zhǔ theme / subject
发挥 huī to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme)
制服店 zhì diàn (Tw) nightlife venue where hostesses wear themed uniforms (e.g. nurse, student, maid etc), often featuring a more openly flirtatious or physically intimate style of service
主题歌 zhǔ theme song
主题曲 zhǔ theme song
黄鹤楼 Huáng Lóu Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4], with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
破题 (literary) to introduce the theme of a composition; to state the gist at the outset / (fig.) to begin tackling an issue; to find a way into a problem / (coll.) to experience sth for the first time (esp. sth unusual)
主线 zhǔ xiàn main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme
主题乐园 zhǔ yuán theme park
出题 chū to draw up the theme (for discussion)
母题 motif (loanword) / main idea / theme
变文 biàn wén a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)
主旋律 zhǔ xuán (music) theme; principal melody / (fig.) central theme; main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view
敷衍 yǎn to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the classics) / perfunctory / to skimp / to botch / to do sth half-heartedly or just for show / barely enough to get by
主题公园 zhǔ gōng yuán theme park
演义 yǎn to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme
重拾 chóng shí to pick up (a theme etc) / to regain (confidence) / to revive (a custom, friendship etc)
点题 diǎn to bring out the main theme / to make the point / to bring out the substance concisely
紧扣 jǐn kòu to stick closely to (a topic or theme etc)
题意 meaning of a title / implication / theme
敷演 yǎn variant of 敷衍 / to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the meaning of the classics)


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