sound film; talkie
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sound film; motion picture with synchronized sound; talkie
technicalRefers to films with synchronized sound tracks, as distinguished from silent films (无声片). The term was widely used during the transition period from silent to sound cinema in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Zhè这
shì是
Zhōng中
guó国
pāi拍
shè摄
de的
dì第
yī一
bù部
yǒu有
shēng声
piàn片
。
This is the first sound film shot in China.
Yǒu有
shēng声
piàn片
de的
chū出
xiàn现
chè彻
dǐ底
gǎi改
biàn变
le了
diàn电
yǐng影
háng
yèi
n
d
u
s
t
r
y
。
The emergence of talkies completely changed the film industry.
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Yǔ与
wú无
shēng声
piàn片
xiāng相
bǐ比
，
yǒu有
shēng声
piàn片
duì对
yǎn演
yuán员
tái台
cí词
gōng功
dǐ底
yāo要
qiú求
gèng更
gāo高
。
Compared to silent films, sound films require actors to have stronger skills in delivering lines.