| 杂剧四大家 |
Zá jù Sì Dà jiā |
Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 关汉卿, Zheng Guangzu 郑光祖, Ma Zhiyuan 马致远 and Bai Pu 白朴 |
| 杂 |
zá |
variant of 杂 |
| 杂 |
zá |
mixed / miscellaneous / various / to mix |
| 杂剧 |
zá jù |
a Yuan dynasty form of musical comedy |
| 剧 |
jù |
theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc) / dramatic (change, increase etc) / acute / severe |
| 四 |
sì |
four / 4 |
| 四大 |
sì dà |
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鸣大放, 大辩论, 大字报 (PRC) |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 大家 |
dà jiā |
everyone / influential family / great expert |
| 家 |
jiā |
used in 家伙 and 家俱 |
| 家 |
jiā |
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:个 |