Chinese Storytelling Research Database
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...bu ti ...不題 we shall not speak more of this
anxia man biao 按下漫表 let us postpone this and take our time to perform the story
anxia X X dan biao X X 按下 XX 單表 XX let us postpone X X, and let us now perform X X
bai speaking
biao yi biao 表一表 let us perform
biaode shi 表得是 our performance is about
bijing weizhi houlai he ru qie ting xiahui fenjie 畢竟未知後來何如且聽下回分解 if you do really not know what happened next, please listen to the explanation in the following session (chapter)
bu biao...zai shuo 不表...再說 I will not perform...but I will tell
bu zai hua xia 不在話下 of this no more
bu zhi ...qie ting xia hui fenjie 不知...且聽下回分解 as for how...please listen to the explabation of the next session (chapter)
bu zhi hou shi ruhe qie ting xia hui fenjie 不知後事如何且聽下回分解 if you do not know what happened next, please listen to the explanations in the next session
bu......bian ba, ... 不......便罷, ... if not......that's the end of the story, but...
chang singing
changdao cichu suan yi duanr 唱到此處算一段兒 when we have sung this far, that is reckoned as one performance
chou chou-role
ci yue 詞曰 the song poem says
dai shuoshude lue biao jiju 待說書的略表幾句 please, wait and let me, the storyteller, give a brief explanation
dan dan-role
dan jian 但見 behold/ one only saw
dan shuo 單說 let us now tell only
dan zhi jian 但只見 but just look
dao qi xiang 道其詳 tell the details
dao shi 道是 It said:
dao xia hui X X X X jin jieshang 到下回XXXX緊接上 the next session X X X X follows right after
guo chang 過場 crosses the stage
guren you jiju geyan, shuode hao 古人有幾句格言說的好 our forefathers had an admonition expressing this well
hechang 合唱 singing in choir
hou you ren nian shi yishou yun 後有人唸詩一首云 Later generations recited a poem about it as follows:
hou you ren yi shi dao 後有人一詩道 Later generations had a poem about it which says:
hou you ren yi shi yun 後有人一詩云 Later generations had a poem about it as follows:
hou zai ge yue 後再歌曰 Thereafter still another song saying:
hua bai 話白 spoken part
hua biao 話表 the story we are performing
hua fen liangtou 話分兩頭 here our story divides
hua shao shuo 話少說 let's stop chatting
hua shuo 話說 The story says
hua xiu xufan 話休絮煩 Let's not go into boring detail
jie continue
jie pose
jiechang 接唱 continue singing
jing jing-role
kanguan tingshuo 看官聽說 Dear audience, as you may have heard
ke wei shi 可謂是 It might be called:
Kou zhan yi ci dao 口占一詞道 She recited a lyric saying:
mo mo-role
mo mang 莫忙 No hurry!
nei backstage
nei sheng 內聲 voice from backstage
ni kan 你看 look at him (audience appeal)
nian reciting
pangbai 旁白 narrator speaking
qianren you jiju... 前人有幾句... our forefathers had some lines...
qie bu biao, zai biao... 且不表 在表 meanwhile let’s wait performing...let’s rather perform
qie man 且慢 let's slow down a bit
qie shuo 且說 meanwhile let us tell
quan wan 全完 the end
que shi 却是 It was really:
que shuo 卻說 let us resume our story
ruo wen 若問 you may ask ...
san ban 散板 mixed rhythm
shang enter
shang yin shi er ju yun 上唸詩二句云 First she recited two lines of a poem as follows:
shangxian yi shi 賞獻一詩 He offered a poem:
sheng sheng-role
shi yue 詩曰 the poem says
shi yun 詩云 The poem as follows:
shiguan you shi tan yue 史官有詩歎曰 a historian made a poem bewailing the event
shipian 詩篇 poem
shu gui zhengzhuan shuo fenming 書歸正傳說分明 now our saga returns to the true story and we shall tell it clearly
shuban 數板 mixed rhythm
shuo shi chi, na shi kuai shuo shi chi, na shi kuai 說時遲﹐那時快 it's slow in the telling, but happens in a flash
shuohuade 說話的 storyteller
shuohuade, X X yin he bu ... 說話的﹐ XX 因何不 storyteller, why did X X not...?
shuoshude 說書的 storyteller
sui cheng shi yun 遂成詩云 Then she made a poem as follows:
sui zuo ge yue 遂作歌曰 Then he made a song saying:
tangruo shi zhujun yao bu xin, nin ting wo yanchang yige bangyang 倘若是諸君要不信﹐您聽我演唱一個榜樣 if you, honorable audience, do not believe, please, listen to the example that I shall now sing for you
tong bai 仝白 speaking in chorus
tong xia 仝下 exeunt
wang xia zenmeyang, er ben nin zai ting 往下怎麼樣﹐二本您再聽 What will happen after this? Please, listen to the next story.
wo dao you jiju zan ta 我倒有幾句贊牠 in fact I have a few verse-lines in praise
wu sheng 武生 martial sheng-role
x x ban X X 板 x x rhythm
x x diao X X 調 x x melody
xia exit, exeunt
xia yi hui 下一回 in the next round
xia yi hui ...zai xu shang 下一回......在敘上 in the next session the story continues about
xianyan suiyu bu yao (duo) jiang 閑言碎語不要 (多)講 no need for empty conversation
Xipi san ban 西皮散板 Xipi mixed rhythm
xunsu guangyin banyue duo 迅速光陰半月多 soon half a month had passed
yan yi hui 言一回 let me tell in this session
yi shi zhi ren shuobujin 一時之人說不盡 I cannot mention all these persons here and now
yin intro
yong shi you yi shi yun 詠史有一詩云 Among historical poems there is one as follows:
you (yi)pian gu feng (yipian) dan dao 有(一)篇古風(一篇)單道 there is an old ballad describing it
you fen jiao 有分教 It was predestined
you gan er fu shi yi shou 有感而賦詩一首 Overcome with emotion he dedicated a poem:
you hua ji chang, wu hua ji duan 有話即長﹐ 無話即短 when there is a story to tell it is long; when there is no story to tell it is short
you pian gu feng wei zheng 有篇古風為証 there is an old ballad in proof of this
you ren yao wen 有人要問 somebody might ask
you shi wei zheng 有詩為証 there is a poem in proof of this
you shi yun 有詩云 There is a poem as follows:
you yong shi shi yi shou yun 有詠史詩一首云 There is one historical poem about it as follows:
zai biaobiao 再表表 once again let me perform
zhe shi X X yige duan 這是 X X 一個段 this was the first part about X X
zhe yi hui 這一回 In this round
zhe yi hui XXXX wo feng jing 這一回 XXXX 我奉敬 In this round I have offerede you respectfully the episode of XXXX
zheli xian biao 這裡先表 let's perform first
zhen nai shi 真乃是 truly, so it was
zhen shi 真是 Truly:
zheng shi 正是 indeed
zheng shi shen ren qie ting xia hui fenjie 正是甚人且聽下回分解 but to know who it really was, you must listen to the explanation in the next session
zhenge shi 真個是 That was truly:
zhexiang 這廂 on this side
zhezhang shiqing an yi bi 這章事情按一筆 let us postpone the chapter about these events
zhi jiao 直教 it was destined
zhi shuo 只說 let us just tell
zhi ting 只聽 just listen
zhu kou 住口 stop talking
zhutou 注頭 introduction
zhuwei 諸位 listeners
zou bian 走邊 walks along the side of the stage
Zuo xiao ci zi shu yun 作小詞自述云 She made a small lyric and recited it as follows:
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