Chinese symbol for “highbrow”
曲高和寡
qǔ gāo hè guǎ
difficult songs find few singers (idiom); highbrow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for highbrow is 曲高和寡 (qǔ gāo hè guǎ), defined as: difficult songs find few singers (idiom); highbrow.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 曲高和寡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歌曲 | gē qǔ | song |
| 曲线 (曲線) | qū xiàn | curve; curved line |
| 扭曲 | niǔ qū | to twist; to warp |
| 戏曲 (戲曲) | xì qǔ | Chinese opera |
| 主题曲 (主題曲) | zhǔ tí qǔ | theme song |
| 单曲 (單曲) | dān qǔ | single (recording industry) |
| 最高 | zuì gāo | tallest; highest |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise; to increase |
| 和平 | hé píng | peace; peaceful |
| 寡妇 (寡婦) | guǎ fu | widow |
See also: Japanese symbol for “highbrow”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.