高雅
gāo yǎ
Pinyin

Definition

高雅
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gāo yǎ
  1. dainty
  2. elegance
  3. elegant

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

优雅
yōu yǎ
  1. 1 grace
  2. 2 graceful
提高
tí gāo
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to increase
  3. 3 to improve
最高
zuì gāo
  1. 1 tallest
  2. 2 highest
  3. 3 supreme (court etc)
高
Gāo
  1. 1 surname Gao
高中
gāo zhōng
  1. 1 senior high school
  2. 2 abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gāo jí zhōng xué]

Idioms (20)

一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
  1. 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cross swords with
  3. 3 to lock horns
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
  1. 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress

Sample Sentences

高雅的、有艺术成就的是艺术，为了赚钱而故意搞出来的低俗东西就是色情。你看看现在的杂志，哪本没有挑逗的照片？媒体怎么能这么大肆地宣传色情，污染大众的精神呢？
gāoyǎ de 、yǒu yìshù chéngjiù de shì yìshù ，wèile zhuànqián ér gùyì gǎo chūlai de dīsú dōngxi jiùshì sèqíng 。nǐ kàn kan xiànzài de zázhì ，nǎ běn méiyǒu tiǎodòu de zhàopiàn ？méitǐ zěnme néng zhè me dàsì de xuānchuán sèqíng ，wūrǎn dàzhòng de jīngshén ne ？
Elegant stuff with artistic merit is art. Intentionally lowbrow stuff that is only for the sake of making money is sleaze. Take a look at magazines these days. Are there any that don't have provocative pictures? How can the media promote sleaze on such a grand scale, and pollute the audience's minds?
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啊，说来起名字还真是门大学问。又要好听高雅，又得吉利有内涵，无怪那么多年轻父母，一说到起名字就有些头痛了，这可是关乎孩子一辈子的事情呢，真可谓是责任重大！
ā ，shuōlái qǐ míngzì hái zhēnshì mén dà xuéwèn 。yòu yào hǎotīng gāoyǎ ，yòu děi jílì yǒu nèihán ，wúguài nàme duō niánqīng fùmǔ ，yī shuōdào qǐ míngzi jiù yǒuxiē tóutòng le ，zhè kěshì guānhū háizi yībèizi de shìqing ne ，zhēn kěwèi shì zérèn zhòngdà ！
Ah, talking about it, we can see that choosing a name is really a serious field of scholarship. It needs to sound good and elegant, and it has to be lucky and have a good implication. It's no wonder that so many young parents get flustered at the very mention of choosing a name. It's something that will follow the child for his entire life. It's no exaggeration to call it a heavy responsibility!
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也对，那送百合怎么样？高雅大方，谁看了都开心。
yě duì ，nà sòng bǎihé zěnmeyàng ？gāoyǎ dàfang ，shéi kàn le dōu kāixīn 。
Oh yeah, then what about lilies? They're elegant and give the impression of generosity, everyone loves them.
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我就搞不懂，美声那是欧洲人的东西，跟咱们的传统一点都不搭调。怎么到了中国后就成了高雅音乐，感觉很上档次一样。
wǒ jiù gǎobudǒng ，Měishēng nà shì Ōuzhōurén de dōngxi ，gēn zánmen de chuántǒng yīdiǎn dōu bù dādiào 。zěnme dào le Zhōngguó hòu jiù chéng le gāoyǎ yīnyuè ，gǎnjué hěn shàng dàngcì yīyàng 。
I don't understand it. Bel canto is a European thing and not really in tune with our own culture. How did it come to China and become this extremely elegant music? I feel like it's really high-class.
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简单地说，可以从材质、造型和工艺三方面来分辨。在造型方面，明代家具高雅、简约，达到了艺术顶峰。这是因为当时的家具大多由文人设计，因此融入了自己独特的思想和性格。
jiǎndān de shuō ，kěyǐ cóng cáizhì 、zàoxíng hé gōngyì sān fāngmiàn lái fēnbiàn 。zài zàoxíng fāngmiàn ，Míngdài jiājù gāoyǎ 、jiǎnyuē ，dádào le yìshù dǐngfēng 。zhè shì yīnwèi dàngshí de jiājù dàduō yóu wénrén shèjì ，yīncǐ róngrù le zìjǐ dútè de sīxiǎng hé xìnggé 。
To put it simply, you can distinguish them by looking at three things: the quality of the materials, the design, and the craftsmanship. With regards to the design, Ming dynasty furniture is elegant and precise, having reached a peak as an art form. During that time, furniture was mainly designed by scholars; therefore the design became a reflection of their own unique philosophies and character.
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