试镜
shì jìng
Pinyin

Definition

试镜
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shì jìng
  1. to take a screen test
  2. to audition
  3. screen test
  4. audition
  5. tryout

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

测试
cè shì
  1. 1 to test (machinery etc)
  2. 2 to test (students)
  3. 3 test
  4. 4 quiz
  5. 5 exam
  6. 6 beta (software)
考试
kǎo shì
  1. 1 to take an exam
  2. 2 exam
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
试
shì
  1. 1 to test
  2. 2 to try
  3. 3 experiment
  4. 4 examination
  5. 5 test
尝试
cháng shì
  1. 1 to try
  2. 2 to attempt
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
墨镜
mò jìng
  1. 1 sunglasses
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng],副[fù]
应试
yìng shì
  1. 1 to take an exam
望远镜
wàng yuǎn jìng
  1. 1 binoculars
  2. 2 telescope
  3. 3 CL:付[fù],副[fù],部[bù]
比试
bǐ shì
  1. 1 to have a competition
  2. 2 to measure with one's hand or arm
  3. 3 to make a gesture of measuring
眼镜
yǎn jìng
  1. 1 spectacles
  2. 2 eyeglasses
  3. 3 CL:副[fù]
试一试
shì yī shì
  1. 1 to have a try
试卷
shì juàn
  1. 1 examination paper
  2. 2 test paper
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],張|张[zhāng]
试问
shì wèn
  1. 1 I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically)
  2. 2 one might well ask
试图
shì tú
  1. 1 to attempt
  2. 2 to try
试探
shì tàn
  1. 1 to sound out
  2. 2 to probe
  3. 3 to feel out
  4. 4 to try out
试用
shì yòng
  1. 1 to try sth out
  2. 2 to be on probation
试听
shì tīng
  1. 1 audition
  2. 2 to give sb an audition
  3. 3 to check by listening
试题
shì tí
  1. 1 exam question
  2. 2 test topic
试验
shì yàn
  1. 1 experiment
  2. 2 test
  3. 3 CL:次[cì],個|个[gè]
  4. 4 to experiment
  5. 5 experimental
镜
jìng
  1. 1 mirror
  2. 2 lens
镜像
jìng xiàng
  1. 1 mirror image

Idioms (7)

以身试法
yǐ shēn shì fǎ
  1. 1 to challenge the law (idiom)
  2. 2 to knowingly violate the law
及锋而试
jí fēng ér shì
  1. 1 lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak
小试牛刀
xiǎo shì niú dāo
  1. 1 to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
明镜高悬
míng jìng gāo xuán
  1. 1 perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)
破镜重圆
pò jìng chóng yuán
  1. 1 a shattered mirror put back together (idiom)
  2. 2 (of marriage) to pick up the pieces and start anew
  3. 3 for a separated couple to reconcile and reunite
跃跃欲试
yuè yuè yù shì
  1. 1 to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)
镜花水月
jìng huā shuǐ yuè
  1. 1 lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an unrealistic rosy view
  3. 3 viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles
  4. 4 also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花

Sample Sentences

你得相信我的眼光！不过在试镜前，你需要先体验产品。我们是会员制，要求先购买一千元的产品。
nǐ děi xiāngxìn wǒ de yǎnguāng ！bùguò zài shìjìng qián ，nǐ xūyào xiān tǐyàn chǎnpǐn 。wǒmen shì huìyuán zhì ，yāoqiú xiān gòumǎi yīqiānyuán de chǎnpǐn 。
You have to trust our judgment! But before the screen test, you need to try out our products. We work on the membership system. First, you need to buy a thousand yuan worth of products.
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你的意思是买了以后才能试镜吗？
nǐ de yìsi shì mǎi le yǐhòu cái néng shìjìng ma ？
You mean I can only do the screen test after I've bought the products?
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等等，你说的试镜呢？房间里的人在干嘛？
děngděng ，nǐ shuō de shìjìng ne ？fángjiān lǐ de rén zài gànmá ？
Wait a minute-- are you talking about the screen test? What are the people in the room doing?
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