执导 (zhí dǎo) — to direct (a film, play, TV series, etc.)

Definition

Examples

• 这位导演曾经执导过一部获奖影片。
  Zhè wèi dǎo yǎn céng jīng zhí dǎo guò yí bù huò jiǎng yǐng piàn.
  This director once directed an award-winning film.
• 他花了三年时间才执导完那部话剧。
  Tā huā le sān nián shí jiān cái zhí dǎo wán nà bù huà jù.
  It took him three years to finish directing that play.
• 她执导的最新电视剧即将在电视台播出。
  Tā zhí dǎo de zuì xīn diàn shì jù jí jiāng zài diàn shì tái bō chū.
  The latest TV series she directed will soon air on television.