草臺班子

Chinese

		temporary performance stage built in the countryside	organised group; team; troupe
trad. (草臺班子/草台班子)		草臺/草台	班子
simp. (草台班子)		草台	班子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cǎotái bānzi

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄢ ˙ㄗ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎotái bānzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄢ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎotái banzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-tʻai² pan¹-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: tsǎu-tái bān-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaotair ban.tzy
  - Palladius: цаотай баньцзы (caotaj banʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ pän⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Noun

草臺班子

(Mainland China, literal, theater) small troupe touring rural areas
(figurative) makeshift, poorly-equipped or ad-hoc team
世界就是一個巨大的草臺班子。 [MSC, trad.]
世界就是一个巨大的草台班子。 [MSC, simp.]
Shìjiè jiù shì yī ge jùdà de cǎotáibānzǐ. [Pinyin]
The world is a huge ad-hoc team.
- 2024 February 25, 薛之白, “草臺班子”, in Lianhe Zaobao‎^[1]:
  
  互聯網時代的人，普遍眼高手低，知易行難，上面是不是草臺班子另說，覺得能取而代之，恐怕也是過度自信。 [MSC, trad.]
  互联网时代的人，普遍眼高手低，知易行难，上面是不是草台班子另说，觉得能取而代之，恐怕也是过度自信。 [MSC, simp.]
  Hùliánwǎng shídài de rén, pǔbiàn yǎngāoshǒudī, zhīyìxíngnán, shàngmiàn shìbùshì cǎotáibānzǐ lìng shuō, juéde néng qǔ'érdàizhī, kǒngpà yěshì guòdù zìxìn. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

“草臺班子”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.