to sing and play (plucked string instrument)
1. to cover (a previously recorded song)2. cover version (of a song)
1. gramophone2. record player
to play the role of the villain (idiom)
1. lit. to sing a duet2. fig. to collaborate with sb3. also used satirically: to play second fiddle to
pickup (of a record player)
(idiom) (of literature or music) concise yet deeply evocative; inviting repeated savoring
1. fiction comes true2. play-acting that turns into reality
1. fig. the man sings and the woman follows2. fig. marital harmony
loud songs reaches the clouds (idiom); fig. to praise to the skies
one's ability to give a convincing performance of a song
tone-arm (tracking arm of gramophone)
to express pessimistic views about (sth)
to play the role of the strict parent (or superior etc)
1. (of a singer) autograph session2. record signing event
1. gramophone2. record player
1. (lit.) to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom)2. (fig.) to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness3. (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty; (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
erhua variant of 唱高调[chàng gāo diào]
黄河大合唱 黃河大合唱 huáng hé dà hé chàng Yellow River Cantata (1939) by Xian Xinghai 冼星海[xiǎn xīng hǎi]
到什么山上，唱什么歌 到什麼山上，唱什麼歌 dào shén me shān shàng , chàng shén me gē 1. lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom)2. fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do