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HSK
happy; joyful
HSK 2
gaiety / gladness / glee / merriment / pleasure / happy / joyous / gay
HSK 3
music / CL: 張|张, ,
HSK 2
lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乐* | 乐* | *乐
happy / cheerful / to laugh
HSK 3
amusing / entertaining / (loanword) cola
HSK 3
symphony
HSK 7-9
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year!
to entertain / to amuse / entertainment / recreation / amusement / hobby / fun / joy
HSK 6
classical music
philharmonic (used in names of orchestras) / to love music (used in compounds like 愛樂者|爱乐者 "music enthusiast")
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc) / (may also refer to other products that are of benefit to old people, such as padded cloth shoes, mobility tricycle etc)
Coca-Cola
instrumental music
military music
country music (country & western music genre)
peace and happiness
lit. happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy (idiom) / fig. emotions
HSK 7-9
Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent
satisfied with what one has (idiom)
to enjoy life / pleasures of life
pop music
background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting
to find amusement / to amuse oneself
vocal music
to abandon suffering and obtain happiness (Buddhism)
Diet Coke / Coca-Cola Light
classical music (mainly Western)
joy
Macro (brand)
string music
to play around / to disport oneself
to enjoy together
Gatorade (brand)
jazz (loanword)
modern music / contemporary music
rock music / rock 'n roll
to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music
pleasure from helping others (idiom)
to perform music / to play a tune
guava (loanword from Taiwanese)
a property providing rural accommodation (farm stay, boutique hotel etc)
funeral music / plaint / dirge
to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹)
plucked string music
Happy birthday
to amuse oneself / to clown around / to provoke laughter
national music / Chinese traditional music
disappointed and unhappy / dispirited
bliss / extreme happiness
to amuse oneself / recreation
to make merry
instrumental music
family love and joy / domestic bliss
pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
Pepsi
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乐* | 乐* | *乐
surname Le
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乐* | 乐* | *乐
surname Yue
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乐* | 乐* | *乐
used in place names
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乐* | 乐* | *乐
music
(calque of "tittytainment") low-brow entertainment that distracts the poor from their circumstances; mindless entertainment
to find joy in sorrows (idiom); to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering
scratch-and-win lottery
Cheerios (breakfast cereal)
to make learning fun / to combine education and entertainment
folk music
(Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society)
heavenly music
Maspero (name)
swing (genre of jazz music)
peace and happiness (old) / healthy and happy / recreation
Bhangra, Indian music (music genre)
Frappuccino
the music of former kings
orchestral music
to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future / make merry while you can / carpe diem
Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣 (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖
chamber music
rap music
light music
Twister (game)
(loanword) baccarat
to find amusement in one's own way / to enjoy oneself quietly
jazz (loanword)
woodwind music
harmonious and happy
peace and happiness / feasting / making merry
to abandon restraint and have a fling (idiom)
depressed / sulky / moody / unhappy
Changle county in Weifang 濰坊|潍坊, Shandong
(Tw) (abbr. for 教育與娛樂|教育与娱乐) education and entertainment, the 5th and 6th aspects of life beyond the four basic necessities of food, clothing, shelter and transportation 食衣住行 / (sometimes used to signify edutainment or just recreation)
Charles De Gaulle (1890–1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959–1969
sexual pleasure / orgasm

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