首演 (shǒu yǎn) — premiere, first performance

Definition

Examples

• 这部话剧的首演在人民剧场举行。
  Zhè bù huà jù de shǒu yǎn zài rén mín jù chǎng jǔ xíng.
  The premiere of this play was held at the People's Theater.
• 电影首演那天，导演和主演都来了。
  Diàn yǐng shǒu yǎn nà tiān, dǎo yǎn hé zhǔ yǎn dōu lái le.
  On the day of the film's premiere, the director and lead actors all came.
• 奥运会的首演非常精彩。
  Ào yùn huì de shǒu yǎn fēi cháng jīng cǎi.
  The Olympic Games' opening ceremony was very spectacular.