插曲
caap3 kuk1chā qǔ
English
- music played during a movie, play etc
- interlude; songs in films, dramas or animations
- incidental music
- a small event or interlude, to prevent a whole event from running smoothly
- music played in a theatrical interlude
- (fig.) incident
- episode
粵語 — Cantonese
- 加插喺影視節目、廣播劇、舞台戲劇中間嘅歌曲(量詞:首)
- 一啲阻滯,令一件事唔可以順暢發生嘅事故(量詞:段)
Examples
呢齣話劇安排咗好多小插曲。
This play features many side plots. ----
佢哋相識嘅過程有好多插曲。
There were many unexpected twists and turn of events when they first met.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk