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song
HSK 5
to bend / to curve around / curved / crooked / to wind / to warp
HSK 6
Chinese opera
HSK 6
musical composition
HSK 6
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tune / song / CL:
HSK 7-9
curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way
HSK 7-9
popular song / folk tune / ballad
HSK 7-9
to twist / to warp / to distort
HSK 7-9
to distort / to misrepresent
HSK 7-9
winding / (fig.) complicated
HSK 7-9
folk musical theater
concerto
curved surface / surface
dance music
repertoire / program / song / piece of music
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surname Qu
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bent / crooked / wrong
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fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]
(math.) curvature
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri 但丁
medicated leaven (used in TCM to treat indigestion)
single (recording industry)
symphony
crankshaft
cookie (loanword via Cantonese 曲奇 kuk1 kei4)
famous song / well-known piece of music
nocturne (music)
to compose (music)
overture
Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times
Quyang county in Baoding 保定, Hebei
crank handle
Qufu, county-level city in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong / hometown of Confucius 孔子
Maqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州, Gansu
variation (music)
to compose a piece of music
to curl (hair) / to crimp / to roll up / curly
Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
Quzhou county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸, Hebei
poem for singing / tune / music / CL:
Quwo county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode
to misrepresent / to misinterpret
Yangqu county in Taiyuan 太原, Shanxi
Qüxü county, Tibetan: Chu shur rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨, Tibet
suite (music)
Yuanqu county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
music style; music genre
to compose (music) / arrangement
constellation governing scholarship and examinations; (fig.) renowned literary genius / brand name of handheld electronic dictionaries made by Beijing company Golden Global View
divertimento (music)
different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
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variant of 麴|曲
Qujiang district of Shaoguan City 韶關市|韶关市, Guangdong
crooked
Zhugqu or Zhouqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州, Gansu
to accept a compromise
curvature
Hequ county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
bend (of a river) / meander
verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing
twisted / coiled / curled
Luqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州, Gansu
lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons
brewer's yeast
coiled / entwined / tortuous
meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles
to bend / flexing / deflection
Qumarlêb County (Tibetan: chu dmar leb rdzong) in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 玉樹藏族自治州|玉树藏族自治州, Qinghai
sinuous / devious / full details of a story / to stoop
to bow down to everything sb says or does / to act submissively in order to ingratiate oneself
remote village
winding and turning (idiom)
lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom) / fig. to take preventive measures
circuitous / tortuous / roundabout
difficult songs find few singers (idiom) / highbrow
set square (tool to measure right angles)
curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc)
composer / songwriter
to warp / to bend / fig. distorted opinion / prejudice
lit. crooked and straight / fig. right and wrong, good and evil
hyperbola / hyperbolic (function)
episode / brief interlude
rondo
prelude (music)
Quzhou county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸, Hebei
composer / song writer
red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits
(military) curved-trajectory fire / plunging fire
lullaby
minuet
march (musical)
line graph / line diagram
Qujing, prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省
field hockey
(music) capriccio
creasing / folding
curved / meandering / zigzagging

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