曲高和寡
qǔ​gāo​hè​guǎ

highbrow

  • created reference approved 曲高和寡 → 阳春白雪/陽春白雪 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    曲高和寡 qǔ​gāo​hè​guǎ

    阳春白雪 / 陽春白雪 yáng​chūn​bái​xuě

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 曲高和寡 · qǔ​gāo​hè​guǎ · highbrow — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    曲高和寡

    qǔ​gāo​hè​guǎ

    highbrow

    (idiom) high-quality art or sophisticated ideas that are difficult for most people to appreciate or understand; literally meaning high-pitched music finds few people who can sing along

    曲 (literal) → 曲 · qǔ · song 高 (literal) → 高 · gāo · high 和 (literal) → 和 · hè · to join in 寡 (literal) → 寡 · guǎ · few

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

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