（2）說學逗唱：是相聲中經常提到的術語，指相聲演員的四種基本藝術手段。「說」是基本功，相聲裡的「說」是經過藝術加工之後的「說」，比如講笑話、猜燈謎或說繞口令等，要求吐字清晰、語言流暢。「學」指仿學其他藝術形式，比如模仿各地方言，學唱各種地方戲、流行歌曲，以及模仿各種鳥獸叫聲等口技技巧。「逗」主要指表演，巧妙組織各種笑料，它是四種技巧中的核心，充分體現相聲的功能。「唱」指演員編唱滑稽可笑的臺詞，將其用各種曲調或誇張演唱。
Speech, mimicry, comedy and song: a term usually mentioned in cross-talk, means four basic artistic means used by cross-talk performers. Speech is a basic skill, 「speech」 in cross-talk indicates 「speech」 after artistic processing, such as jokes, lantern riddles, or tongue twisters which requires clear enunciation and fluent language. 「Mimicry」 means imitating from other artistic forms, such as imitation of dialect of different locality, learning to sing local opera, popular songs, and imitation of different sounds of various birds or animals, and such other ventriloquism. 「Comedy」 means performance, organizing various laughing materials in subtle ways, which is the core of these four skills, and may thoroughly reflect the function of cross-talk. 「Sing」 means performer sings the lyrics composed with funny and ridiculous words in various tunes exaggeratedly.
（3）詩經：中國最早的一部詩歌總集，收集了西周初年至春秋中葉（前11世紀至前6世紀）的詩歌，共305篇。《詩經》的作者絕大部分已經無法考證，相傳為孔子編訂。
The Book of Songs: the earliest general collection of poetry in China, which collected the poetry from the early years of western zhou dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn annals (from 11th to 6th century B.C.), 305 in total. Most of the authors of the poetry from the Book of Songs are not able to be identified, but according to legend, the collection was compiled by Confucius.
（4）離騷（lí sāo）：中國戰國時期詩人屈原創作的詩篇，以自述身世、遭遇、心志為中心。詩篇名稱「離騷」的含義爭議較多，有說是「遭遇憂患」的意思，又說是指「離別的愁思」，也有解釋為「牢騷」的。
Lament (lí sāo): poetry created by Qu Yuan, a poet from the warring states period of China, with a focus on narrating the life, suffering, ambition of himself. The meaning of the name of the poetry, 「lament」, is quite disputable. Some said it means 「suffering from difficulties」, some said it means 「the sorrow of departure」, and there is also a saying that it means 「grievance」.