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
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
(Pinyin): qǔgāohèguǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ㄍㄠㄏㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kuk¹ gou¹ wo⁶ gwaa²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǔgāohèguǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄍㄠㄏㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔgaohèguǎ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻü³-kao¹-ho⁴-kua³
  - Yale: chyǔ-gāu-hè-gwǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheugauhehgoa
  - Palladius: цюйгаохэгуа (cjujgaoxɛgua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xɤ⁵¹ kwä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
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
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ wɔː²² kʷaː³⁵/

Idiom

曲高和寡

to be highbrow and unpopular, as it cannot be easily understood by the common people

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