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曲
Mandarin: qu1
Definitions
  1. 1 bent
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 wrong
  4. 4 a bend
  5. 5 a curve
  6. 6 irrational
  7. 7 tune
  8. 8 melody a type of verse for singing in the Yuan dynasty
  9. 9 song
  10. 10 drama
  11. 11 opera
  12. 12 a nook
  13. 13 a recess
  14. 14 private in army
  15. 15 a surname
  16. 16 in a roundabout way
  17. 17 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 曲
委曲求全
stoop to compromise; make concessions to achieve one's aim; make accommodations
河曲
Hequ (place in Shanxi)
屈曲
crooked
曲尺樓梯
staircase with right-angled turn; L-shaped staircase
扭曲
distort; distortion; retortion; skew; tortuosity; turn; twist; writhe; wry
委曲
(road, rivers etc.) winding; tortuous; ins and outs; all the details
彎曲
bend; curve; warp; bent; winding; warped
詼諧曲
scherzo
粵曲
(noun) Chinese opera
曲靖
Qujing (city in Yunnan)
賦格曲
fugue
協奏曲
concerto
曲綫
a curve
歪曲
(verb) (words) Twist; (adjective) devious
流行曲
pop music
橢圓曲線
[math.] elliptic curve
歌曲
song
粵語時代曲
[n] Cantonese period songs
交響曲
symphony
催眠曲
a lullaby, cradle-song
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