Definition
序幕 (xù mù) refers to the prologue of a play or, metaphorically, the prelude to an event. Unlike 开场白 (kāi chǎng bái), which means opening remarks in a speech or performance, and 序言 (xù yán), which is a written preface in a book, 序幕 specifically evokes the theatrical sense of a curtain-raiser.
noun
prologueprelude
Easily confused
- 畜牧xù mùsound-alikeanimal husbandry; livestock farming
Examples
- 序幕。Zhè bù huàjù de xù mù fēicháng gǎnrén.The prologue of this play is very touching.
- 序幕。Zhè cì huìyì lākāi le gǎigé de xù mù.This meeting opened the prologue to reform.
- 序幕。Nà chǎng tǎolùn búguò shì zhànzhēng de xù mù.That discussion was merely the prelude to war.
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