上演

shàng yǎn · shang yan

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. to screen (a movie)
  2. to stage (a play)
  3. a screening
  4. a staging

In a sentence

2 examples
01

罗(luó)密(mì)欧(ōu)和(hé)朱(zhū)丽(lì)叶(yè)正(zhèng)在(zài)剧(jù)场(chǎng)上(shàng)演(yǎn)。

Romeo and Juliet is on at the theatre.

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02

这(zhè)部(bù)新(xīn)电(diàn)影(yǐng)下(xià)个(gè)月(yuè)将(jiāng)在(zài)全(quán)国(guó)上(shàng)演(yǎn)。

This new movie will be screened nationwide next month.

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