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京剧学徒

Jīngjù Xuétú

The Opera Apprentice

Seventeen-year-old street dancer Cheng Yinuo fails her dance exam and is sent for the summer to a struggling Beijing opera troupe in a hutong -- run by her late grandfather's old stage partner, who hasn't said his name in thirty years.

HSK 420 chapters
  1. Chapter 1
    没考上
    Méi Kǎoshàng
    The Failed Exam
    about 650 characters
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  2. Chapter 2
    胡同
    Hútòng
    The Hutong
    about 632 characters
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  3. Chapter 3
    长乐社
    Chánglèshè
    The Changle Troupe
    about 640 characters
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  4. Chapter 4
    压腿
    Yā Tuǐ
    Stretching
    about 623 characters
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  5. Chapter 5
    唱念做打
    Chàng Niàn Zuò Dǎ
    The Four Skills
    about 600 characters
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  6. Chapter 6
    尹川
    Yǐn Chuān
    Yin Chuan
    about 666 characters
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  7. Chapter 7
    爷爷的戏服
    Yéye de Xì Fú
    Grandpa's Costume
    about 641 characters
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  8. Chapter 8
    丑角
    Chǒujué
    The Clown
    about 641 characters
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  9. Chapter 9
    第一次上台
    Dì-yī Cì Shàngtái
    First Time On Stage
    about 678 characters
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  10. Chapter 10
    视频
    Shìpín
    The Video
    about 649 characters
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  11. Chapter 11
    吵架
    Chǎojià
    The Quarrel
    about 600 characters
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  12. Chapter 12
    尹川的秘密
    Yǐn Chuān de Mìmì
    Yin Chuan's Secret
    about 573 characters
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  13. Chapter 13
    房租
    Fángzū
    The Rent
    about 576 characters
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  14. Chapter 14
    老照片
    Lǎo Zhàopiān
    The Old Photo
    about 609 characters
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  15. Chapter 15
    爷爷的日记
    Yéye de Rìjì
    Grandpa's Diary
    about 618 characters
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  16. Chapter 16
    新戏
    Xīn Xì
    A New Play
    about 589 characters
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  17. Chapter 17
    排练
    Páiliàn
    Rehearsals
    about 670 characters
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  18. Chapter 18
    庙会
    Miàohuì
    The Temple Fair
    about 638 characters
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  19. Chapter 19
    考试
    Kǎoshì
    The Exam
    about 629 characters
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  20. Chapter 20
    开学
    Kāixué
    The First Day
    about 589 characters
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  21. More chapters of Jīngjù Xuétú are being written.