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song
HSK 5
to bend / to curve around / curved / crooked / to wind / to warp
HSK 6
Chinese opera
HSK 6
musical composition
HSK 6
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tune / song / CL:
HSK 7-9
to twist / to warp / to distort
HSK 7-9
winding / (fig.) complicated
HSK 7-9
curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way
HSK 7-9
to distort / to misrepresent
HSK 7-9
popular song / folk tune / ballad
HSK 7-9
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fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]
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surname Qu
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bent / crooked / wrong
rhapsody (music)
theme song
music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode
Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
Qüxü county, Tibetan: Chu shur rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨, Tibet
curved surface / surface
Zhugqu or Zhouqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州, Gansu
symphony
constellation governing scholarship and examinations; (fig.) renowned literary genius / brand name of handheld electronic dictionaries made by Beijing company Golden Global View
dance music
waltz
varicose veins
repertoire / program / song / piece of music
concerto
crankshaft
coiled / entwined / tortuous
composer / songwriter
field hockey
march (musical)
to compose (music)
red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits
trilogy
overture
sonata
episode / brief interlude
to compose (music) / arrangement
Quwo county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
nocturne (music)
different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
serenade
folk musical theater
variation (music)
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri 但丁
medicated leaven (used in TCM to treat indigestion)
to compose a piece of music
lullaby
Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times
to sing a song
Yangqu county in Taiyuan 太原, Shanxi
brewer's yeast
Quyang county in Baoding 保定, Hebei
aflatoxin
to misrepresent / to misinterpret
hyperbola
Quwo county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
crank handle
(music) capriccio
lullaby
Qujing, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省
remote village
Quyang county in Baoding 保定, Hebei
conic section
Qufu, county-level city in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong / hometown of Confucius 孔子
quadratic curve (geometry) / conic
Yangqu county in Taiyuan 太原, Shanxi
Maqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州, Gansu
sonata form (one of the large-scale structures used in Western classical music)
minuet
paper clip
against one's will / willy-nilly
suite (music)
(idiom) (of a road etc) to wind circuitously
prelude (music)
Qüxü county, Tibetan: Chu shur rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨, Tibet
poem for singing / tune / music / CL:
Quzhou county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸, Hebei
to curl up / to bend
lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom) / fig. content with simple things
La Marseillaise
Maqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州, Gansu
Luqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州, Gansu
Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿, Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖, Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远 and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴
curvature
curved / meandering / zigzagging
sinuous / devious / full details of a story / to stoop
Qumarlêb County (Tibetan: chu dmar leb rdzong) in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 玉樹藏族自治州|玉树藏族自治州, Qinghai
to accept a compromise
(math.) plane curve
tune / melody
to bend / flexing / deflection
quadric surface (geometry)
creasing / folding
falsification in writing / misrepresentation in written history / deliberate digression
twisted / coiled / curled
crooked

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