导演
dǎo yǎn
Pinyin

Definition

导演
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dǎo yǎn
  1. to direct
  2. director (film etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

导演
dǎo yǎn
  1. 1 to direct
  2. 2 director (film etc)
演
yǎn
  1. 1 to develop
  2. 2 to evolve
  3. 3 to practice
  4. 4 to perform
  5. 5 to play
  6. 6 to act
演出
yǎn chū
  1. 1 to act (in a play)
  2. 2 to perform
  3. 3 to put on (a performance)
  4. 4 performance
  5. 5 concert
  6. 6 show
  7. 7 CL:場|场[chǎng],次[cì]
演员
yǎn yuán
  1. 1 actor or actress
  2. 2 performer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]
演唱会
yǎn chàng huì
  1. 1 vocal recital or concert
表演
biǎo yǎn
  1. 1 play
  2. 2 show
  3. 3 performance
  4. 4 exhibition
  5. 5 to perform
  6. 6 to act
  7. 7 to demonstrate
  8. 8 CL:場|场[chǎng]
上演
shàng yǎn
  1. 1 to screen (a movie)
  2. 2 to stage (a play)
  3. 3 a screening
  4. 4 a staging
主演
zhǔ yǎn
  1. 1 to act the leading role (in a movie or a play)
  2. 2 to star
  3. 3 lead actor
出演
chū yǎn
  1. 1 to appear (in a show etc)
  2. 2 an appearance (on stage etc)
汇演
huì yǎn
  1. 1 joint performance
巡演
xún yǎn
  1. 1 (theater etc) to tour
  2. 2 to be on tour
  3. 3 to give itinerant performances
  4. 4 abbr. for 巡迴演出|巡回演出[xún huí yǎn chū]
扮演
bàn yǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of
  2. 2 to act
演唱
yǎn chàng
  1. 1 sung performance
  2. 2 to sing for an audience
演奏
yǎn zòu
  1. 1 to perform on a musical instrument
演戏
yǎn xì
  1. 1 to put on a play
  2. 2 to perform
  3. 3 fig. to pretend
  4. 4 to feign
演技
yǎn jì
  1. 1 acting
  2. 2 performing skills
演示
yǎn shì
  1. 1 to demonstrate
  2. 2 to show
  3. 3 presentation
  4. 4 demonstration
演绎
yǎn yì
  1. 1 (of a story etc) to unfold
  2. 2 to play out
  3. 3 to develop (a technique etc)
  4. 4 to enact
  5. 5 (logic) to deduce
  6. 6 to infer
演义
yǎn yì
  1. 1 to dramatize historical events
  2. 2 novel or play on historical theme
演艺
yǎn yì
  1. 1 performing arts

Idioms (1)

沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn
  1. 1 to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
  2. 2 to rehearse a planned action or activity
  3. 3 to conduct a dry run

Sample Sentences

你说的，应该是侯孝贤导演的《聂隐娘》吧。
nǐshuōde ，yīnggāi shì Hóu xiàoxián dǎoyǎn de 《Niè yǐnniáng 》ba 。
You must be taking about The Assassin by the director Hou Hsiao-hsien.
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不敢当不敢当。只是感兴趣而已。像侯孝贤导演这样的大师才是我崇拜的。
bù gǎndāng bù gǎndāng 。zhǐshì gǎn xìngqù éryǐ 。xiàng Hóu xiàoxián dǎoyǎn zhèyàng de dàshī cáishì wǒ chóngbài de 。
Not at all, I wouldn't say that. I just have an interest in it. Great directors like Hou Hsiao-hsien are my real idols.
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对啊，他是台湾之光啊，话说这次导演的《聂隐娘》也让他获得了戛纳电影节的最佳导演奖呢！
duìa ，tā shì Táiwān zhī guāng ā ，huà shuō zhècì dǎoyǎn de 《Niè yǐnniáng 》yě ràng tā huòdé le gānà diànyǐngjié de zuìjiā dǎoyǎn jiǎng ne ！
Yes, he's one of the brightest talents from Taiwan. That reminds me, he won the Best Director prize at Cannes for The Assassin.
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将小说拍成电影，如何做到保持原汁原味又让人耳目一新，可能是每个导演的难题。
jiāng xiǎoshuō pāi chéng diànyǐng ，rúhé zuòdào bǎochí yuánzhīyuánwèi yòu ràng rén ěrmùyīxīn ，kěnéng shì měigè dǎoyǎn de nántí 。
It is probably a challenge faced by film directors who have to consider how they can let viewers have a fresh view while keeping the original when making a film from a novel.
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导演拍电影的终极追求肯定是源于原作，高于原作。
dǎoyǎn pāidiànyǐng de zhōngjí zhuīqiú kěndìng shì yuányú yuánzuò ，gāoyú yuánzuò 。
The ultimate pursuit of a filmmaker is to produce original works yet better than the original.
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对《七月与安生》，我个人也蛮欣赏陈可辛导演的这部电影的，金马奖总是惊喜连连！
duì 《 qīyuè yǔ ānshēng 》，wǒ gèrén yě mán xīnshǎng Chén Kěxīn dǎoyǎn de zhè bù diànyǐng de ，jīnmǎjiǎng zǒngshì jīngxǐliánlián ！
I really liked "Soul Mates", the film directed by Chen Kexin. The Golden Horse Awards are always full of surprises!
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没错，金马奖创办之初，主要以电懋和邵氏两大电影公司的作品为主，出现了李翰祥这样家喻户晓的大明星和李行这样的大导演。
méicuò ，jīnmǎjiǎng chuàngbàn zhīchū ，zhǔyào yǐ diànmào hé shàoshì liǎng dà diànyǐng gōngsī de zuòpǐn wéizhǔ ，chūxiàn le Lǐ Hànxiáng zhèyàng jiāyùhùxiǎo de dà míngxīng hé Lǐ Xíng zhèyàng de dà dǎoyǎn 。
That's right. When the Golden Horse Awards were founded, they mainly awarded the works of the Dian Mao Film Company and the Shaw Brothers Studio. That's when household names like Li Han-hsiang appeared as well as big directors like Li Hsing.
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对对对，李行导演这次还为获得终身成就奖的编剧張永祥颁奖呢，他们可是好拍档！
duì duì duì ，lǐxíng dǎoyǎn zhè cì hái wèi huòdé lifetime achievement award de biānjù zhāngyǒngxiáng bānjiǎng ne ，tāmen kě shì hǎo pāidàng ！
Yes, yes, Li Hsing also presented the lifetime achievement award to screenplay writer Chang Yung-hsiang. They were really good partners!
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我也同意最大功臣是导演，虽然是音乐爱情片，但是他把故事讲得非常完整。
wǒ yě tóngyì zuìdà gōngchén shì dǎoyǎn ，suīrán shì yīnyuè àiqíng piān ，dànshì tā bǎ gùshi jiǎng de fēicháng wánzhěng 。
I also agree that the star of the show was the director. Although it is a musical romance, he really tells such a complete story.
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这部电影技术面没话说，演员的表现也非常称职，但不得不说，最大的成就还是来自导演。
zhè bù diànyǐng jìshù miàn méihuàshuō ，yǎnyuán de biǎoxiàn yě fēicháng chènzhí ，dàn bùdébù shuō ，zuìdà de chéngjiù háishì láizì dǎoyǎn 。
There's nothing to criticize about the film in terms of technique, and the acting was also very competent, but I have to say, that the biggest achievement was still the direction.
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