Definition
百老汇 (Broadway) is a famous street in New York City and the center of American musical theater. In Chinese, it refers both to the physical street and to the theater industry there — if someone says '去百老汇看戏', they mean watching a musical or play in the Broadway theater district. It's a proper noun and always capitalized in pinyin (Bǎilǎohuì).
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(proper noun) Broadway (New York City street and theater district)
Examples
- 百老汇。Míngnián wǒ xiǎng qù Niǔyuē de Bǎi lǎo huì kàn yì chǎng yīnyuèjù.Next year I want to go to Broadway in New York to watch a musical.
- 百老汇。Bǎi lǎo huì de yǎnchū piàojià tōngcháng hěn gāo.Ticket prices for Broadway shows are usually very high.
- 百老汇，。Zhè tiáo jiē jiào Bǎi lǎo huì, shì Niǔyuē zhùmíng de wénhuà dìbiāo.This street is called Broadway, a famous cultural landmark in New York.
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