"Audience" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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观众 guān zhòng spectators / audience / visitors (to an exhibition etc)
听众 tīng zhòng audience / listeners
受众 shòu zhòng target audience / audience
看客 kàn kè audience / spectators / onlookers
会众 huì zhòng audience / participants / congregation (of religious sect)
观客 guān kè audience
阅听人 yuè tīng rén audience (Tw)
演唱 yǎn chàng sung performance / to sing for an audience
全场 quán chǎng everyone present / the whole audience / across-the-board / unanimously / whole duration (of a competition or match)
台下 tái xià off the stage / in the audience
朝天 cháo tiān to have an audience with the Emperor / to be presented at court / to look skyward / to look up
上访 shàng fǎng to seek an audience with higher-ups (esp. government officials) to petition for sth
宣读 xuān dú to read out loud to an audience / a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)
听者 tīng zhě listener / member of audience
满堂 mǎn táng whole audience / a sellout (capacity audience) / jam-packed
朝觐 cháo jìn to give audience (of emperor) / retainers' duty to pay respect to sovereign / hajj (Islam)
潜台词 qián tái cí unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer / subtext / (fig.) implicit assertion
觐见 jìn jiàn to have an audience (with the Emperor)
晋见 jìn jiàn to have an audience with
朝见 cháo jiàn to have an audience (with the Emperor)
坐冷板凳 zuò lěng bǎn dèng to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels
觐 jìn (history) to have an audience with the Emperor
断袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
对牛弹琴 duì niú tán qín lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head
倒彩 dào cǎi adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake
覜 tiào have an audience
满坐寂然 mǎn zuò jì rán the whole audience silent with expectation
临朝 lín cháo to hold a court audience / to govern from the imperial throne (applies esp. to Empress Dowager or Regent)
见驾 jiàn jià to have an audience (with the emperor)
人来疯 rén lái fēng to get hyped up in front of an audience / (of children) to play up in front of guests
听事 tīng shì to hold audience / to advise on state affairs / to administer state affairs / audience hall / to listen in
非洲问题讨论会  Audience Africa
流动法院听证会  audience foraine
目标对象  target audience
目标受众  target audience
压场 yā chǎng to hold the attention of an audience / to serve as the finale to a show
OS O S (in a soap opera or movie) voice-over that makes a character's unspoken thoughts audible to the audience
铺梗 pū gěng (Tw) to set the scene / to lay the groundwork / to pique the interest of one's audience
吃播 chī bō mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience
口播 kǒu bō (broadcasting) to speak to the audience / to advertise a product by speaking directly to the audience / endorsement (by a celebrity for a product, delivered orally)
热播 rè bō to broadcast (or be broadcast) to an enthusiastic audience / to broadcast (or be broadcast) and get high ratings
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