拉开序幕

Traditional: 拉開序幕

lā kāi xù mù

Dictionary entry

(fig.) to raise the curtain

What does 拉开序幕 mean?

拉开序幕 (lā kāi xù mù) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(fig.) to raise the curtain

2to lift the curtain

3to be a curtain raiser for

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拉lāto pull · to play (a bowed instrument)开kāito open (transitive or intransitive) · (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 序xù(bound form) order; sequence · (bound form) introductory; initial 幕mùcurtain or screen · canopy or tent

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拉开序幕

lā kāi xù mù

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