声情并茂 (shēng qíng bìng mào) — (idiom) to perform with beautiful voice and deep emotion

Definition

A set phrase praising a performance (singing, recitation, storytelling) where both the voice and the emotion are richly expressed together.

idiom
to perform with beautiful voice and deep emotion

Examples

  • 声情并茂，。
    Tā de yǎn chàng shēng qíng bìng mào, shēn shēn dǎ dòng le guān zhòng.
    Her singing was full of beautiful voice and deep emotion, deeply moving the audience.
  • 声情并茂，。
    Zhè wèi lǎng sòng zhě shēng qíng bìng mào, bǎ shī zhōng de qíng gǎn biǎo dá dé lín lí jìn zhì.
    This reciter performed with such voice and emotion that the poem's feelings were expressed vividly.
  • 声情并茂，。
    Tā jiǎng gù shi shí shēng qíng bìng mào, hái zi men tīng dé rù le mí.
    When he told stories with expressive voice and emotion, the children were completely captivated.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

声情voice and emotion
声shēngvoice情qíngemotion
联合Side by side
并茂flourish together
并bìngtogether茂màoflourishing
偏正Modifier + head

声 and 情 give voice and feeling, while 并茂 says they flourish together, describing a moving performance.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聲; 声 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
耳耳ěrear
Sound part声符shēngfú
殸
殸qìng聲shēng
Same sound today

The traditional form 聲 pairs 耳 (ear) with 殸 as a sound part; the simplified 声 is a shorthand and does not show those original parts.

Open 声 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng情qíng
Same sound today

情 shows 心 (heart) beside 青, which gives the sound. The heart part points to feelings and inner states.

Open 情 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 并 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss
Sound part声符shēngfú
戊
戊wù茂mào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape 茂 pairs 艸 (grass) with 戊, which gives the sound.

Open 茂 →

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