chū​xì

to break character

出戏 出戲 chū//xì
to break character
(of an actor) to disengage from a role or performance, either unintentionally by losing focus or intentionally after a performance ends
to lose immersion
(of an audience) to be pulled out of the story or lose interest in a performance, often due to an unrealistic or jarring element

Frequency

Written text
1.18 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)