(dated, except in Taiwan) trainee; apprentice; probationary employee; (entertainment) trainee performer undergoing systematic training prior to debut (esp. in idol groups)
trad. 練習生
Also written 練習生【liàn xí shēng】
Characters in this word
3练
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to practice, to train, to drill, to perfect (one's skill), exercise, (literary) white silk, to boil and scour raw silk
- Pinyin
- liàn
- Traditional
- 練
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 5069 of 2500
习
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surname Xi
- Pinyin
- Xí
- Traditional
- 習
- Strokes
- 3
生
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to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born, to arise; to occur, to light (a fire), to live; to be alive, life, raw; uncooked; unprocessed, unfamiliar; strange, (bound form) student; person engaged in a field, (bound form) male role in traditional opera, (bound form) life; lifetime, (bound form) means of livelihood, (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]), (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- Pinyin
- shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1196 of 2500