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television set / CL: 臺|台
HSK 1
television; TV / CL: 臺|台,
HSK 1
television station
HSK 3
movies and television
HSK 3
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
8:00 p.m. time slot (on television) / (Tw) (coll.) television drama series that airs in the prime time slot of 8:00 p.m.
cable television
Chinese Television System (CTS), Taiwan
film studio / television studio
China Television Company (CTV), Taiwan (abbr. for 中國電視公司|中国电视公司)
Twin Peaks, US television drama series 1990-1991
Communication University of China (CUC), the highest institute of radio, film and television education in China
digital television
to direct a television or radio broadcast / director (TV, radio)
television broadcast / telecast / videocast
frequency / (television) channel
HSK 5
closed-circuit television
remuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama
television program
wired / cable (television)
high definition (television etc) / high fidelity (audio)
satellite television show
China Television Company (CTV), Taiwan
Oriental Pearl Television Tower
Educational Television (Hong Kong)
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), public broadcaster
China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台|中国中央电视台
Chinese Television System (CTS), Taiwan (abbr. for 中華電視|中华电视)
Music Television MTV
high definition television HDTV
radio and television / broadcasting
television / TV screen / the silver screen
Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon
(slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.)
abbr. for 臺灣電視公司|台湾电视公司, Taiwan Television (TTV)
National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) (abbr. for 國家廣播電視總局|国家广播电视总局) / formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
script (of a play, movie, or television program)
(Internet slang) punning reference to 廣電總局|广电总局, the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA)
National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
State Administration for Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) (2013-2018) (abbr. to 廣電總局|广电总局)


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