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  *歌* | 歌* | *歌
song (CL:,) / (bound form) to sing
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *歌* | 歌* | *歌
variant of
HSK 1
to sing a song
HSK 1
poem / CL: , ,
HSK 5
folk song / CL: ,
HSK 6
national anthem
HSK 6
Yangge, a popular rural folk dance
HSK 7-9
theme song
HSK 7-9
triumphal hymn; victory song; paean
HSK 7-9
school song
Google, Internet company and search engine
The Internationale
variant of 谷歌
oldie (song)
the Lamentations of Jeremiah
shepherd's song / pastoral
to sing loudly / to lift one's voice in song
nursery rhyme
love song
to sing with solemn fervor / sad, stirring song; elegy; dirge; threnody
carol
mournful song / dirge / elegy
hymn
love song
Zhaoge, capital of the Shang dynasty 商朝 / Zhaoge town in Qi county 淇縣|淇县, Hebi 鶴壁|鹤壁, Henan
to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
a dirge / an elegy
folk song / mountain song
to request a song to be played / to pick a karaoke song
rammers' work chant
lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom) / fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
music and song (formal writing)
answering phrase of duet / to sing antiphonal answer
to sing and dance / general term for a round dance
Yingge or Yingko town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
to sing at the top of one's voice (idiom)
lit. sing to accompany wine (idiom); fig. life is short, make merry while you can
waka (style of Japanese poetry)
enka (Japanese genre of sentimental ballads)
ballad
(sad) farewell song
renga
chorus / refrain
Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director
morning chorus (birdsong)
part of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 / a song / a poem set to elegant music / a refined chant / the biblical Song of Solomon
bubblegum pop song / cover song
Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen 卡門|卡门 by Georges Bizet
Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
song of lady Du Qiu, poem by Du Mu 杜牧
(Tw) ballad (loanword) / mainstream song
karaoke (slang)
lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do
to yodel
Acura (Honda car model)
(literary) to celebrate in song / to eulogize


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