wǎn​gē

dirge; elegy

  • created reference approved 挽歌 → 首 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    挽歌 wǎn​gē

    首 shǒu

    classifier

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 挽歌 · wǎn​gē · dirge; elegy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    挽歌

    wǎn​gē

    dirge; elegy

    a song sung to mourn the deceased (originally by those pulling a hearse); (figurative) a lament for the decline or disappearance of something

    輓歌

    挽 (literal) → 挽 · wǎn · to lament 歌 (literal) → 歌 · gē · song

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

    created sense