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鼓乐弦歌
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(皷)(鼓)(樂)(弦歌)(弦)(歌)(謌)
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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
皷 鼓 see styles |
gǔ gu3 ku tsuzumi つづみ |
old variant of 鼓[gu3] (surname) Tsuzumi |
鼓 see styles |
gǔ gu3 ku tsuzumi つづみ |
drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell hand drum; (female given name) Hibiki A drum. |
樂 乐 see styles |
yuè yue4 yüeh ran らん |
music (surname) Ran Music, that which causes joy, hence joy, joyful, glad, rejoice; also to find joy in, enjoy. |
弦 see styles |
xián xian2 hsien gen げん |
bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse; CL:根[gen1] (1) bowstring; (2) (See 絃・1) string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; (3) {math} chord; (4) (rare) {geom} (See 斜辺) hypotenuse; (female given name) Yuzuru |
弦歌 see styles |
xián gē xian2 ge1 hsien ko genka げんか |
to sing to a string accompaniment; education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times) singing and (string) music |
歌 see styles |
gē ge1 ko kasumi かすみ |
song; CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3]; to sing (1) song; (2) classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); (3) modern poetry; (personal name) Kasumi To sing; a song; translit. ka; cf. 迦, 羯. |
謌 歌 see styles |
gē ge1 ko ka |
variant of 歌[ge1] To sing; song. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 7 results for "鼓乐弦歌" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).
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