彩排
cǎi pái
Pinyin

Definition

彩排
 - 
cǎi pái
  1. dress rehearsal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

彩色
cǎi sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 multi-colored
  3. 3 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
排名
pái míng
  1. 1 to rank (1st, 2nd etc)
  2. 2 ranking
精彩
jīng cǎi
  1. 1 wonderful
  2. 2 marvelous
  3. 3 brilliant
五彩
wǔ cǎi
  1. 1 five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)
  2. 2 multicolored
光彩
guāng cǎi
  1. 1 luster
  2. 2 splendor
  3. 3 radiance
  4. 4 brilliance
安排
ān pái
  1. 1 to arrange
  2. 2 to plan
  3. 3 to set up
  4. 4 arrangements
  5. 5 plans
彩妆
cǎi zhuāng
  1. 1 makeup
  2. 2 cosmetics
彩排
cǎi pái
  1. 1 dress rehearsal
彩票
cǎi piào
  1. 1 lottery ticket
彩虹
cǎi hóng
  1. 1 rainbow
  2. 2 CL:道[dào]
彩蛋
cǎi dàn
  1. 1 painted eggshell
  2. 2 Easter egg
  3. 3 (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc)
  4. 4 post-credits scene
彩头
cǎi tóu
  1. 1 good omen
  2. 2 good luck (in business etc)
  3. 3 profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc)
排
pái
  1. 1 a row
  2. 2 a line
  3. 3 to set in order
  4. 4 to arrange
  5. 5 to line up
  6. 6 to eliminate
  7. 7 to drain
  8. 8 to push open
  9. 9 platoon
  10. 10 raft
  11. 11 classifier for lines, rows etc
排便
pái biàn
  1. 1 to defecate
排出
pái chū
  1. 1 to discharge
排毒
pái dú
  1. 1 to expel poison (from the system)
  2. 2 to detox
排球
pái qiú
  1. 1 volleyball
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
排练
pái liàn
  1. 1 to rehearse
  2. 2 rehearsal
排行
pái háng
  1. 1 to rank
  2. 2 ranking
  3. 3 seniority (among siblings)
排行榜
pái háng bǎng
  1. 1 the charts (of best-sellers)
  2. 2 table of ranking

Idioms (10)

五彩缤纷
wǔ cǎi bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
力排众议
lì pái zhòng yì
  1. 1 to stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses (idiom)
大排长龙
dà pái cháng lóng
  1. 1 to form a long queue (idiom)
  2. 2 (of cars) to be bumper to bumper
张灯结彩
zhāng dēng jié cǎi
  1. 1 to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
排山倒海
pái shān dǎo hǎi
  1. 1 lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 fig. gigantic
  3. 3 of spectacular significance
排忧解难
pái yōu jiě nàn
  1. 1 to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
排难解纷
pái nàn jiě fēn
  1. 1 to remove perils and solve disputes (idiom); to reconcile differences
流光溢彩
liú guāng yì cǎi
  1. 1 lit. flowing light and overflowing color
  2. 2 brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom)
浓墨重彩
nóng mò zhòng cǎi
  1. 1 thick and heavy in colors
  2. 2 to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom)
无精打彩
wú jīng dǎ cǎi
  1. 1 dull and colorless (idiom); lacking vitality
  2. 2 not lively

Sample Sentences

谢谢您的赞赏。为了有效地利用时间，我彩排了好几遍，确保不说太多废话。
xièxie nín de zànshǎng 。wèile yǒuxiào de lìyòng shíjiān ，wǒ cǎipái le hǎo jǐ biàn ，quèbǎo bùshuō tài duō fèihuà 。
Thank you for your appreciation. In order to make effective use of time, I rehearsed several times to make sure not to talk too much nonsense.
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各部门准备好啊，第二幕第二场再彩排一次。
gè bùmén zhǔnbèi hǎo a ，dì èr mù dì èr chǎng zài cǎipái yī cì 。
All sections get ready! Let‘s rehearse Act Two, Scene Two again.
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你看，前奏的8个小节可都是他的活儿。还有这儿，过门的地方。这小子的任务也不轻啊。下午乐队彩排前，让他和键盘手一起练。
nǐ kàn ，qiánzòu de bā ge xiǎojié kě dōu shì tā de huór 。háiyǒu zhèr ，guòmén de dìfang 。zhè xiǎozi de rènwu yě bù qīng a 。xiàwǔ yuèduì cǎipái qián ，ràng tā hé jiànpánshǒu yīqǐ liàn 。
Check it out. The first 8 bars of the intro are all him - and here at the bridge too. He's got a lot of work to do. Before we have practice this afternoon, have him practice with the keyboardist.
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