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China's TV Broadcasters Struggle to Compete with Rise of Short Video Platforms
China's TV Broadcasters Struggle to Compete with Rise of Short Video Platforms
短视频平台蓬勃发展给中国地方电视台带来严重威胁
短视频平台蓬勃发展给中国地方电视台带来严重威胁
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Keywords
视频 - shìpín - video
蓬勃 - péngbó - full of vitality / vigorous / flourishing
犹如 - yóurú - similar to / appearing to be
崛起 - juéqǐ - to rise abruptly / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power)
媒体 - méitǐ - media
焦点 - jiāodiǎn - focus / focal point
偏远 - piānyuǎn - remote / far from civilization
无疑 - wúyí - no doubt / undoubtedly
福音 - fúyīn - good news / glad tidings
消遣 - xiāoqiǎn - to while the time away / amusement / pastime / recreation
转移 - zhuǎnyí - to shift / to divert or distract / to change / to transform
相应 - xiāngyìng - to correspond / corresponding / relevant / appropriate / accordingly
躺枪 - tǎngqiāng - hit while lying down / implicated for just being present / becoming collateral (Internet slang)
透露 - tòulù - to leak out / to divulge / to reveal
自媒体 - zìméitǐ - self-media (news or other content published on independently-operated social media accounts)
前程 - qiánchéng - future prospects (career etc.)
感叹 - gǎntàn - to sigh (with feeling) / to lament
打击 - dǎjī - to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth
主流 - zhǔliú - main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / mainstream
紧跟 - jǐngēn - to follow precisely / to comply with
潮流 - cháoliú - tide / current / trend
策略 - cèlüè - strategy / tactics
争相 - zhēngxiāng - to fall over each other in their eagerness to...
高管 - gāoguǎn - executive / senior management
创新 - chuàngxīn - innovation
Grammar
位于 + Place - Expressing "to be located at (a certain place)" with "wèiyú + Place"
位于黑龙江省的抚远县电视台就是其中一个例子。
日益 + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing that an action happens "more and more with each passing day" with "rìyì + Verb / Verb Phrase"
我担心在不久的将来后果只会日益严重。
相比之下… - Expressing "by comparison…" with "xiāngbǐzhīxià…"
相比之下，对于许多地方电视台来说，这样的转变显然并非易事。
并非... - Expressing "really isn't..." with "bìngfēi..."
相比之下，对于许多地方电视台来说，这样的转变显然并非易事。
Subject + 向来(都) + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing that the subject has "always (previously)…" with "Subject + xiànglái(dōu) + Verb / Verb Phrase"
在抚远的这位女记者解释，县级电视台向来以报道政治和社会新闻为主。
Grammar
位於 + Place - Expressing "to be located at (a certain place)" with "wèiyú + Place"
位於黑龍江省的撫遠縣電視台就是其中一個例子。
日益 + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing that an action happens "more and more with each passing day" with "rìyì + Verb / Verb Phrase"
我擔心在不久的將來後果只會日益嚴重。
相比之下… - Expressing "by comparison…" with "xiāngbǐzhīxià…"
相比之下，對於許多地方電視台來說，這樣的轉變顯然並非易事。
並非... - Expressing "really isn't..." with "bìngfēi..."
相比之下，對於許多地方電視台來說，這樣的轉變顯然並非易事。
Subject + 向來(都) + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing that the subject has "always (previously)…" with "Subject + xiànglái(dōu) + Verb / Verb Phrase"
在撫遠的這位女記者解釋，縣級電視台向來以報導政治和社會新聞為主。
Proper Nouns
环球时报 - Huánqiú Shíbào - Global Times
抖音 - Dǒuyīn - Douyin / TikTok (app for creating and sharing short videos)
快手 - Kuàishǒu - Kuaishou (app for creating and sharing short videos)
微博 - Wēibó - Weibo (PRC microblogging website)
微信 - Wēixìn - WeChat (PRC messaging, social media and mobile payment app)
黑龙江省 - Hēilóngjiāng Shěng - Heilongjiang Province
抚远县 - Fǔyuǎn xiàn - Fuyuan county (Heilongjiang Province)
中央电视台 - Zhōngyāng Diànshìtái - China Central Television (CCTV)
Idioms
雨后春笋 - yǔhòuchūnsǔn - lit. after rain, the spring bamboo / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession
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