What does 曲高和寡 mean in Chinese?

曲高和寡 (qǔ gāo hè guǎ) means "difficult songs find few singers (idiom); highbrow" in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 曲高和寡?

曲高和寡 is pronounced "qǔ gāo hè guǎ" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 4 syllables.

曲高和寡 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.

曲高和寡 is made up of the characters 曲, 高, 和, 寡. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.

You can practice writing 曲高和寡 using our stroke order tool.

idiom

qǔ gāo hè guǎ

difficult songs find few singers (idiom); highbrow

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