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名曲 (míng qǔ) — a famous piece of music; a musical masterpiece

Definition

Refers to a well-known, celebrated piece of music (often classical or canonical). It is a fixed compound — 名 ('famous') + 曲 ('tune/melody'), used as a whole unit, not split.

noun
a famous piece of musica musical masterpiece
Measure word · 首

Examples

  • 名曲。
    Zhè shǒu míng qǔ shì bèi duō fēn xiě de.
    This famous piece was written by Beethoven.
  • 名曲。
    Tā yǎn zòu de měi yì shǒu míng qǔ dōu ràng rén gǎn dòng.
    Every famous piece he plays is moving.
  • 名曲，《》。
    Gǔ diǎn míng qǔ zhōng, wǒ zuì xǐ huan mò zhā tè de 《ān hún qǔ》.
    Among classical masterpieces, I like Mozart's Requiem the most.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

名míngfamous
曲qǔsong

名 means famous and 曲 means song, so together they name a well-known musical piece.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

名 puts 夕 (crescent moon) above 口 (mouth), showing a name spoken in the dark.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

曲 is drawn as a bent object, matching the meaning 'bend'.

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