lǜ​lǚ

pitch-pipes

  • created sense approved 律吕/律呂 · lǜ​lǚ · musical temperament — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    律吕 / 律呂

    lǜ​lǚ

    musical temperament

    musical tuning or temperament; the laws of music

    律 (literal) → 律 · lǜ · rhythm 吕 (literal) → 吕/呂 · lǚ · pitchpipe

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  • created sense approved 律吕/律呂 · lǜ​lǚ · pitch-pipes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    律吕 / 律呂

    lǜ​lǚ

    pitch-pipes

    (literary) ancient Chinese bamboo pitch-pipes used to calibrate musical instruments; the six odd-numbered pipes were called "lǜ" and the six even-numbered pipes were called "lǚ"

    律 (literal) → 律 · lǜ · rhythm 吕 (literal) → 吕/呂 · lǚ · pitchpipe

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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