蓮花落

See also: 莲花落

Chinese

			to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (蓮花落)		蓮花	落
simp. (莲花落)		莲花	落

Etymology

So named as each stanza of the ballad ends with the phrase of:

蓮花落，落蓮花。 [MSC, trad.]

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莲花落，落莲花。 [MSC, simp.]

Liánhuā lào, lào liánhuā. [Pinyin]

Lotus flowers fall, and so fall the lotus flowers.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liánhuālào

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liánhuālào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liánhualào
    • Wade–Giles: lien²-hua¹-lao⁴
    • Yale: lyán-hwā-làu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianhualaw
    • Palladius: ляньхуалао (ljanʹxualao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

蓮花落

1. (music) A form of Chinese narrative singing that originated from begging songs.