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导演

dǎo yǎn

HSK 5 2-character word Traditional 導演

What 导演 means

1. to direct
2. director (film etc)

The characters in 导演

• 导dǎoto transmit; to lead; to guide
• 演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out…

Example sentences

• 谁是您最喜欢的导演？
  Shéi shì nín zuì xǐhuān de dǎoyǎn?
  Who is your favourite director?
• 他是个富有才能的年轻导演。
  Tā shì gè fùyǒu cáinéng de niánqīng dǎoyǎn.
  He is a talented young director.
• "侏儒流氓"是德国导演韦纳荷索在一九七零年的一部电影。
  Even Dwarfs Started Small is a 1970 film by German director Werner Herzog.