压轴子

壓軸子
yāzhòuzi
  1. next-to-last item on a program
  2. the most brilliant item in the later, often last, on a program
  3. to present the last but one item on a theatrical performance

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 压轴 yāzhòu
  1. short for 壓軸子／压轴子 (yāzhòuzi)
  2. to present the last but one item on a theatrical performance
=2 子 zǐ
  1. son
  2. child
  3. seed
  4. egg
  5. small thing
  6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
  7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
  8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
  9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
=2 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"