曲高和寡
Chinese
tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong |
high; tall | mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm |
few; widowed | ||
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simp. and trad. (曲高和寡) |
曲 | 高 | 和 | 寡 | |
Literally: “songs of a highbrow type will find very few people joining in the chorus”. |
Etymology
From the writing of Song Yu.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄍㄠ ㄏㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔgaohèguǎ
- Wade–Giles: chʻü3-kao1-ho4-kua3
- Yale: chyǔ-gāu-hè-gwǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheugauhehgoa
- Palladius: цюйгаохэгуа (cjujgaoxɛgua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xɤ⁵¹ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kuk1 gou1 wo6 gwaa2
- Yale: kūk gōu woh gwá
- Cantonese Pinyin: kuk7 gou1 wo6 gwaa2
- Guangdong Romanization: kug1 gou1 wo6 gua2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ wɔː²² kʷaː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 曲高和寡
- to be highbrow and unpopular, as it cannot be easily understood by the common people