草臺班子

Chinese

		temporary performance stage built in the countryside	organised group; team; troupe
trad. (草臺班子)		草臺	班子
simp. (草台班子)		草台	班子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎotái bānzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄢ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎotái bānzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄢ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎotái banzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-tʻai² pan¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: tsǎu-tái bān-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaotair ban.tzy
    • Palladius: цаотай баньцзы (caotaj banʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ pän⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Noun

草臺班子

1. (Mainland China, literal, theater) small troupe touring rural areas
2. (figurative) makeshift, poorly-equipped or ad-hoc team
   • 2024 February 25, 薛之白, “草臺班子”, in Lianhe Zaobao‎^[1]:

     互聯網時代的人，普遍眼高手低，知易行難，上面是不是草臺班子另說，覺得能取而代之，恐怕也是過度自信。 [MSC, trad.]
     互联网时代的人，普遍眼高手低，知易行难，上面是不是草台班子另说，觉得能取而代之，恐怕也是过度自信。 [MSC, simp.]

     Hùliánwǎng shídài de rén, pǔbiàn yǎngāoshǒudī, zhīyìxíngnán, shàngmiàn shìbùshì cǎotáibānzǐ lìng shuō, juéde néng qǔ'érdàizhī, kǒngpà yěshì guòdù zìxìn. [Pinyin]

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References

• “Entry #141542”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.