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Examples:children's game played with illustrated cards—football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)—Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City—infant's part in opera, usually played by child actor—pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes)—music played during a movie, play etc—ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan—Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949—Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the cultural revolution—music played in a theatrical interlude—Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system Europe—play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences—Jacobin club, French revolutionary party that played a leading role in the reign of terror 1791-1794—Dan, female roles in Chinese opera (played by specialized male actors)—different tunes played with equal skill [idiom.]—disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)—qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony—sudden death (play-off in sporting competition)—Othello (play by Shakespeare)—the best part (of a play etc)—fig. nowadays, women have an equal part play in society—lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. mystify—lit. tune one's zither then play it; fig. to live by the consequences of one's actions—novel or play on historical theme—sudden death style play-off (sporting competition)—play Chinese finger game—play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument—Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare—play mahjong (lit. to build the great wall) (colloquial)—pretense that turns inreality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true— |