剧中 (jù zhōng) — in a play; in a drama; in a TV series | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

剧中 means 'in the play/drama/TV series' — used to talk about characters, scenes, or events happening inside the work being discussed, not real life.

noun

in a playin a dramain a TV series

Examples

剧中。
jù zhōng De tái cí xiě dé fēi cháng jīng cǎi.
The lines in the play are brilliantly written.
剧中。
jù zhōng Nǚ zhǔ jué de biǎo yǎn lìng rén yìn xiàng shēn kè.
The lead actress's performance in the drama is impressive.
剧中。
jù zhōng Duō cì chū xiàn zhè ge chǎng jǐng.
This scene appears many times in the TV series.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

中zhōngin/middle

剧 gives the play and 中 gives the in/middle sense, meaning in a drama.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 劇; 剧 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

刀刀dāoknife

Sound part声符shēngfú

豦

豦jù劇jù

Same sound today

The traditional form 劇 pairs 豦, which gives the sound, with 刀, a knife; the simplified 剧 is a later shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

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