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乐章 (yuè zhāng) — (music) movement (of a symphony, sonata, etc.); (literary) poem; verse

Definition

A formal term for a 'movement' of a long musical work such as a symphony or sonata — each major section played as a continuous piece. The same word is also used poetically for a stanza or section of a verse.

noun
(music) movement (of a symphony, sonata, etc.)(literary) poemverse
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 乐章。
    Zhè shǒu jiāo xiǎng qǔ de dì sān yuè zhāng zuì wéi dòng rén.
    The third movement of this symphony is the most moving.
  • 《》乐章。
    Tā yòng gāng qín tán zòu le bèi duō fēn 《yuè guāng》 de dì yī yuè zhāng.
    He played the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata on the piano.
  • 乐章，乐章。
    Zhè shǒu shī fēn wéi sān gè yuè zhāng, měi yuè zhāng dōu yā yùn.
    This poem is divided into three stanzas, each rhyming.

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.

乐lèmusic
章zhāngsection

乐 (music) + 章 (section) gives a movement or musical section.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 is a later shorthand.

Open 乐 →

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

章 shows a chisel piercing a piece of jade in the middle. It originally meant treating jade.

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