评 弹

píng tándictionary entry

pingtan, a traditional Suzhou narrative art that combines storytelling and ballad singing, typically performed by two artists / also used as a collective term for 評話|评话[píng huà] (spoken storytelling) and 彈詞|弹词[tán cí] (sung storytelling)

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Original source entry:

評彈 评弹 [ping2 tan2] /pingtan, a traditional Suzhou narrative art that combines storytelling and ballad singing, typically performed by two artists/also used as a collective term for 評話|评话[ping2 hua4] (spoken storytelling) and 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] (sung storytelling)/

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