1 to sing a song

1 song

2 classifier: 支 zhī

3 classifier: 首 shǒu

4 to sing

1 female singer (archaic)

1 song

1 stage

2 arena

3 fig. in the limelight

1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move

1 the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)

2 (usually of a couple) to part from each other

1 lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving

2 happy and sad

3 inspiring and tragic

1 lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)

2 fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help

1 lit. sing to accompany wine (idiom); fig. life is short, make merry while you can