In the beginning of the reform of Cantonese opera, Sit Kok-sin introduced Western musical instruments including the violin.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
薛居正
薛居正
xuē jū zhèng
Xue Juzheng (lead author of the Old History of the Five Dynasties)
Mandarin
《红楼梦》写了各种人的男女关系,包括贾琏、薛蟠的不堪情状,但还是化腐朽为神奇的笔墨,不能删除的。
《紅樓夢》寫了各種人的男女關係,包括賈璉、薛蟠的不堪情狀,但還是化腐朽為神奇的筆墨,不能刪除的。
“ hóng lóu mèng ” xiě le gè zhǒng rén de nán nǚ guān xì , bāo kuò gǔ liǎn , xuē pán de bù kān qíng zhuàng , dàn hái shì huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí de bǐ mò , bù néng shān chú de .
Dream of the Red Chamber depicts relationships between various men and women, including the wickedness of Jia Lian and Xue Pan. However, those words made a silk purse of a sow's ear and should not be removed.