鼓乐 (gǔ lè) — traditional Chinese music accompanied by drumbe…

Definition

鼓乐 (gǔ yuè) refers to traditional Chinese ensemble music built around drums and percussion, often performed at festivals and ceremonies.

noun

traditional Chinese music accompanied by drumbeatsdrum music

Measure word · 支

，鼓乐。
Chūn jié shí, cūn lǐ huì biǎo yǎn chuán tǒng de gǔ lè.
During the Spring Festival, the village performs traditional drum music.
鼓乐。
Zhè chǎng gǔ lè biǎo yǎn yòng le shí miàn dà gǔ.
This drum music performance used ten large drums.
鼓乐，。
Tā cóng xiǎo xué xí gǔ lè, yǐ jīng liàn le èr shí nián.
He has been learning drum music since childhood, already practicing for twenty years.

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.

鼓 gives drum, 乐 gives music; together they mean drum-accompanied traditional music.

Characters in this word

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

壴支鼓

鼓 combines 壴, a drum, with 支, a hand holding a drumstick, so the character pictures a drum being struck.

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.