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Definition(s) for: 曲高和寡

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
曲高和寡 qǔ gāo hè guǎ - difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
- highbrow

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 85,874 66,491 64,163

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
曲 qū- surname Qu
曲 qū- bent
- crooked
- wrong
曲 qǔ- tune
- song
- CL:支[zhi1]
曲 qū- variant of 麴|曲[qu1]
曲 qū- fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc)
- Taiwan pr. [qu2]
高 gāo- surname Gao
高 gāo- high
- tall
- above average
- loud
- your (honorific)
和 hé- surname He
和 hé- (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4])
- (math.) sum
- to make peace
- (sports) to draw; to tie
- (bound form) harmonious
- (bound form) Japan; Japanese
和 hè- to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
- to join in the singing
- to chime in with others
和 hú- to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
和 huó- to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
- Taiwan pr. [huo4]
和 huò- to mix (ingredients) together
- to blend
- classifier for rinses of clothes
- classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
和 hé- old variant of 和[he2]
和 hé- (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2])
寡 guǎ- few
- scant
- widowed

Other Words Containing 曲高和寡

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
曲高和寡 - - 85,874 66,491 64,163