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镜头语言

jìng tóu yǔ yándictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
cinematic language (the visual grammar and techniques of filmmaking)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-bcb6760e172875a1. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

鏡頭語言 镜头语言 [jing4 tou2 yu3 yan2] /cinematic language (the visual grammar and techniques of filmmaking)/

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Reference information

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Character information

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Other forms in these source records: 鏡頭語言

  • 镜
    jìng

    mirror / lens

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

  • 语
    yǔ

    dialect / language / speech

    yù

    (literary) to tell / to let (sb) know

  • 言
    yán

    words / speech / to say / to talk

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.