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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