曲高和寡
Chinese
tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong | high; tall | mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm | few; widowed | ||
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simp. and trad. (曲高和寡) | 曲 | 高 | 和 | 寡 | |
Literally: “songs of a highbrow type will find very few people joining in the chorus”. |
Etymology
From the writing of Song Yu.
Pronunciation
Idiom
曲高和寡
- to be highbrow and unpopular, as it cannot be easily understood by the common people