shuō shū
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Chinese dictionary
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  • v.tell a story

    • xiǎo shuō de xīng qǐ hé shuō shū de shuāi luò shì tóng yī shí jiān fā shēng de

      小说兴起说书衰落时间发生

      The rise of the novel was coincident with the decline of storytelling.

    • shòu shuō shū chuán tǒng de yǐng xiǎng zhāng huí xiǎo shuō zhōng yùn yòng le dà liàng jù yǒu nǐ shū chǎng tè zhēng de xù shì biāo jì yǔ

      说书传统影响章回小说运用大量具有书场特征叙事标记

      Influenced by the storytelling narrative feature of Chinese full-length vernacular fictions, Hong Lou Meng is embedded with a series of narrative markers to simulate an oral performance situation.

Word usage

  • "说" and "书" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 半辈子

      He’s been doing storytelling for all his life.

    • 以前

      He used to work as a storyteller.