| 评弹 |
píng tán |
pingtan, a traditional Suzhou narrative art that combines storytelling and ballad singing, typically performed by two artists / also used as a collective term for 评话 (spoken storytelling) and 弹词 (sung storytelling) |
| 评 |
píng |
to discuss / to comment / to criticize / to judge / to choose (by public appraisal) |
| 弹 |
dàn |
crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball |
| 弹 |
tán |
to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) |