曲高和寡 — Chinese idiom
曲高和寡
qǔ gāo hè guǎ
Meaning
- difficult songs find few singers
- highbrow
Character by character
- 曲qǔcrooked, bent; wrong, false
- 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
- 和hèharmony, peace; calm, peaceful
- 寡guǎwidowed; friendless, alone
Idioms sharing a character
- 是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí
- 曲突徙薪 qū tū xǐ xīn
- 曲终奏雅 qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ
- 曲肱而枕 qū gōng ér zhěn
- 曲里拐弯 qū lǐ guǎi wān
- 异曲同工 yì qǔ tóng gōng
- 盘旋曲折 pán xuán qū zhé
- 迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé
- 一见高低 yī jiàn gāo dī
- 不识高低 bù shí gāo dī
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