"tunes" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Part of speech Translation Actions
词牌 詞牌 cí pái names of the tunes to which 詞|词[ci2] poems are composed syn
异曲同工 異曲同工 yì qǔ tóng gōng different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome syn
旧调重弹 舊調重彈 jiù diào chóng tán replaying the same old tunes (idiom) / conservative, unoriginal and discredited / to keep harping on about the same old stuff syn
白香词谱 白香詞譜 bái xiāng cí pǔ Anthology of ci poems tunes (1795), edited by Xu Menglan 舒夢蘭|舒梦兰, with 100 accessible poems from Tang through to Qing times
舒梦兰 舒夢蘭 shū mèng lán Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tunes 白香詞譜|白香词谱
胡歌野调 hú gē yě diào (idiom) Refers to vulgar and improper songs or tunes.
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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