散曲 - verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing - san3 qu3 | Definition

一哄而散

yī hōng ér sàn

1 to disperse in confusion (idiom)

一拍两散

yī pāi liǎng sàn

1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
2 to separate

一盘散沙

yī pán sǎn shā

1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)

不见不散

bù jiàn bù sàn

1 lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom)
2 fig. Be sure to wait!
3 See you there!

作鸟兽散

zuò niǎo shòu sàn

1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
2 fig. to head off in various directions
3 to flee helter-skelter

千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席

qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí

1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)

天下没有不散的筵席

tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí

1 all good things must come to an end (idiom)

好聚好散

hǎo jù hǎo sàn

1 to part without hard feelings (idiom)
2 to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it

如鸟兽散

rú niǎo shòu sàn

1 to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
2 to flee in all directions

妻离子散

qī lí zǐ sàn

1 a family wrenched apart (idiom)

披头散发

pī tóu sàn fà

1 with dishevelled hair (idiom)
2 with one's hair down

散兵游勇

sǎn bīng yóu yǒng

1 lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action

散心解闷

sàn xīn jiě mèn

1 to divert one's mind from boredom (idiom)

是非曲直

shì fēi qū zhí

1 lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits
2 pros and cons

曲突徙薪

qū tū xǐ xīn

1 lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)
2 fig. to take preventive measures

曲终奏雅

qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ

1 perfect finish (idiom)

曲肱而枕

qū gōng ér zhěn

1 lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom)
2 fig. content with simple things

曲里拐弯

qū lǐ guǎi wān

1 winding and turning (idiom)

曲高和寡

qǔ gāo hè guǎ

1 difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
2 highbrow

树倒猢狲散

shù dǎo hú sūn sàn

1 When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause
2 Rats leave a sinking ship.

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