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music / CL: 張|张, ,
HSK 2
happy; joyful
HSK 2
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  *乐* | 乐* | *乐
happy / cheerful / to laugh
HSK 3
gaiety / gladness / glee / merriment / pleasure / happy / joyous / gay
HSK 3
amusing / entertaining / (loanword) cola
HSK 3
to entertain / to amuse / entertainment / recreation / amusement / hobby / fun / joy
HSK 6
symphony
HSK 7-9
four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜, anger 憤怒|愤怒, sorrow 悲哀 and joy 快樂|快乐
HSK 7-9
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  *乐* | 乐* | *乐
surname Le
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surname Yue
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used in place names
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music
to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music
Nanle county in Puyang 濮陽|濮阳, Henan
Jiangle, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
Kangle County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州, Gansu
peace and happiness (old) / healthy and happy / recreation
Changle county in Weifang 濰坊|潍坊, Shandong
Anle District of Keelung City 基隆市, Taiwan
peace and happiness
Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent
to enjoy life / pleasures of life
to amuse oneself / recreation
Börtala Shehiri, county-level city in Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Xinle, county-level city in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄, Hebei
to enjoy together
Changle, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian / Princess Changle of Western Wei of the Northern Dynasties 西魏, given in marriage c. 545 to Bumin Khan 土門|土门
music-loving / philharmonic
string music
scratch-and-win lottery
national music / Chinese traditional music
instrumental music
Pingle county in Guilin 桂林, Guangxi
Xerox
vice / degenerate pleasures
pleasure from helping others (idiom)
Macro (brand)
Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣 (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖
bliss / extreme happiness
lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
baccarat (loanword)
funeral music / plaint / dirge
depressed / sulky / moody / unhappy
Minyue county in Zhangye 張掖|张掖, Gansu
folk music, esp. for traditional instruments
to perform music / to play a tune
family love and joy / domestic bliss
to play around / to disport oneself
vocal music
to make merry
to find amusement / to amuse oneself
satisfied with what one has (idiom)
to amuse oneself / to clown around / to provoke laughter
to make learning fun / to combine education and entertainment
formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou / Korean a'ak / Japanese gagaku
heavenly music
to find amusement in one's own way / to enjoy oneself quietly
Jingle county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
to find joy in sorrows (idiom); to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering
pleasure-seeking
pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969
Gatorade (brand)
former Taole county, now in Pingluo county 平羅縣|平罗县, Shizuishan 石嘴山, Ningxia
peace and happiness / feasting / making merry
discontented (idiom)
doing good deeds brings the greatest joy (idiom)
Happy New Year!
instrumental music
background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting
Happy birthday
classical music
rock music / rock 'n roll
jazz (loanword)
harmonious and happy
Pepsi
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc) / (may also refer to other products that are of benefit to old people, such as padded cloth shoes, mobility tricycle etc)
(loanword) doula
to abandon suffering and obtain happiness (Buddhism)
a property providing rural accommodation (farm stay, boutique hotel etc)
Merlot (grape type)
to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future / make merry while you can / carpe diem
bells
chamber music
folk music
jazz (loanword)
(calque of "tittytainment") low-brow entertainment that distracts the poor from their circumstances; mindless entertainment
joy / happiness
modern music / contemporary music
Frappuccino
rap music
Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati)
guava (loanword from Taiwanese)
plucked string music
swing (genre of jazz music)
Diet Coke / Coca-Cola Light
Twister (game)
to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹)
free jazz (music genre)
classical music (mainly Western)

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