曲高和寡
Chinese
- tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong
high; tall mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warmfew; widowed 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)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄍㄠ ㄏㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄚˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheugauhehgoa
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xɤ⁵¹ ku̯a̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kuk1 gou1 wo6 gwaa2
- Yale: kūk gōu woh gwá
- Cantonese Pinyin: kuk7 gou1 wo6 gwaa2
- Guangdong Romanization: kug1 gou1 wo6 gua2
- IPA (key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ wɔː²² kʷɑː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Idiom
曲高和寡
- to be highbrow and unpopular, as it cannot be easily understood by the common people
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