秧歌
yāng ge
Pinyin

Definition

秧歌
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yāng ge
  1. Yangge, a popular rural folk dance

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

唱歌
chàng gē
  1. 1 to sing a song
歌
gē
  1. 1 song
  2. 2 classifier: 支 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 首 shǒu
  4. 4 to sing
歌曲
gē qǔ
  1. 1 song
情歌
qíng gē
  1. 1 love song
歌唱
gē chàng
  1. 1 to sing

Idioms (11)

可歌可泣
kě gē kě qì
  1. 1 lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving
  2. 2 happy and sad
  3. 3 inspiring and tragic
四面楚歌
sì miàn Chǔ gē
  1. 1 lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
对酒当歌
duì jiǔ dāng gē
  1. 1 lit. sing to accompany wine (idiom); fig. life is short, make merry while you can
引吭高歌
yǐn háng gāo gē
  1. 1 to sing at the top of one's voice (idiom)
悲歌当哭
bēi gē dàng kū
  1. 1 to sing instead of weep (idiom)

Sample Sentences

肯定有的呀。我想北方是比较有特色的一块吧，在中国。春节的时候它会扭秧歌。
kěndìng yǒu de yā 。wǒ xiǎng běifāng shì bǐjiào yǒu tèsè de yīkuài ba ，zài Zhōngguó 。Chūnjié de shíhou tā huì niǔyānggē 。
Definitely. I think northern China is a pretty distinctive area. During the Chinese New Year we do a special fab fan dance.
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哦，是吗？扭秧歌就是说，里面要不要系那个红色的绸子？
ō ，shì ma ？niǔyānggē jiùshìshuō ，lǐmiàn yàobùyào jì nàge hóngsè de chóuzi ？
Oh, really? Oh, you mean that you tie that red silk in there?
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哈哈哈，就像扭秧歌 一样。
hāhāhā ，jiùxiàng niǔyānggē yíyàng 。
Oh, so it's like fan dancing.
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