重演 (chóng yǎn) — to reenact; to repeat (an event or performance)

Definition

'To reenact or repeat (an event, performance, or historical pattern).' Unlike repeating a 重复 action, 重演 emphasizes staging something again (a play) or a pattern recurring (history, mistakes).

verb

to reenactto repeat (an event or performance)

Examples

重演。
Lì shǐ bú huì chóng yǎn.
History will not repeat itself.
重演。
Tā men jué dìng chóng yǎn nà chǎng jīng diǎn huà jù.
They decided to restage that classic play.
重演。
Tóng yàng de cuò wù bù néng zài chóng yǎn.
The same mistake cannot be repeated.

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