Definition
广播体操 is a set of standardized group calisthenics performed to broadcast music, widely practiced in Chinese schools, workplaces, and public squares since the 1950s. It's a cultural institution — not just exercise, but a collective daily ritual that fosters discipline and community. The word is a compound noun: 广播 ('broadcast') + 体操 ('gymnastics/calisthenics'). You'll hear it in contexts like 做广播体操 ('do broadcast calisthenics') or 广播体操比赛 ('broadcast calisthenics competition').
n.
broadcast calisthenics (standardized group exercises set to radio music, a Chinese cultural institution)
Examples
- ，广播体操。Měitiān zǎoshang shí diǎn, quán xiào xuéshēng dōu yào zuò ān.Every morning at ten, all students in the school do broadcast calisthenics.
- 广播体操。ān zài Zhōngguó yǐjīng yǒu qīshí duō nián de lìshǐ le.Broadcast calisthenics has been around in China for over seventy years.
- 广播体操。Gōngsī zǔzhī yuángōng měitiān xiàwǔ zuò yí biàn ān.The company organizes employees to do one round of broadcast calisthenics every afternoon.
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