shū​kòu​zi

cliffhanger

  • created sense approved 书扣子/書扣子 · shū​kòu​zi · cliffhanger — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    书扣子 / 書扣子

    shū​kòu​zi

    cliffhanger

    The critical point in a story where a storyteller stops to collect money from the audience before continuing; a suspenseful pause in a performance.

    书 (literal) → 书/書 · shū · storytelling 扣子 (literal) → 扣子 · kòu​zi · cliffhanger

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense