花腔 (huā qiāng) — (noun) coloratura (elaborate vocal technique in opera); (noun) flowery but deceptive talk, rhetoric
Definition
花腔 has two unrelated senses: in opera it refers to coloratura (elaborate vocal runs); in everyday speech it means flowery, insincere talk used to deceive.
noun
coloratura (elaborate vocal technique in opera)flowery but deceptive talkrhetoric
Examples
- 花腔。Zhè wèi nǚ gāo yīn yǐ chàng huā qiāng zhù chēng.This soprano is famous for singing coloratura.
- 花腔，。Bié tīng tā de huā qiāng, tā zhǐ shì zài piàn rén.Don't listen to his flowery talk — he's just trying to deceive people.
- 花腔，。Tā nà yí tào huā qiāng shuō dé tiān huā luàn zhuì, dàn méi rén xiāng xìn.He spun that whole spiel of sweet talk so floridly, but nobody believed it.
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