插曲
chā qǔ
Pinyin

Definition

插曲
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chā qǔ
  1. music played during a movie, play etc
  2. incidental music
  3. music played in a theatrical interlude
  4. (fig.) incident
  5. episode

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

单曲
dān qǔ
  1. 1 single (recording industry)
插
chā
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 stick in
  3. 3 pierce
  4. 4 to take part in
  5. 5 to interfere
  6. 6 to interpose
曲
Qū
  1. 1 surname Qu
歌曲
gē qǔ
  1. 1 song
交响曲
jiāo xiǎng qǔ
  1. 1 symphony
作曲
zuò qǔ
  1. 1 to compose (music)
作曲家
zuò qǔ jiā
  1. 1 composer
  2. 2 songwriter
催眠曲
cuī mián qǔ
  1. 1 lullaby
协奏曲
xié zòu qǔ
  1. 1 concerto
名曲
míng qǔ
  1. 1 famous song
  2. 2 well-known piece of music
圆舞曲
yuán wǔ qǔ
  1. 1 waltz
夜曲
yè qǔ
  1. 1 nocturne (music)
奏鸣曲
zòu míng qǔ
  1. 1 sonata
委曲
wěi qū
  1. 1 sinuous
  2. 2 devious
  3. 3 full details of a story
  4. 4 to stoop
小曲
xiǎo qǔ
  1. 1 popular song
  2. 2 folk tune
  3. 3 ballad
序曲
xù qǔ
  1. 1 overture
弯曲
wān qū
  1. 1 to bend
  2. 2 to curve around
  3. 3 curved
  4. 4 crooked
  5. 5 to wind
  6. 6 to warp
戏曲
xì qǔ
  1. 1 Chinese opera
扭曲
niǔ qū
  1. 1 to twist
  2. 2 to warp
  3. 3 to distort
卷曲
juǎn qū
  1. 1 to curl (hair)
  2. 2 to crimp
  3. 3 to roll up
  4. 4 curly

Idioms (14)

两肋插刀
liǎng lèi chā dāo
  1. 1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
插科打诨
chā kē dǎ hùn
  1. 1 to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest
  2. 2 buffoonery
插翅难飞
chā chì nán fēi
  1. 1 lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
是非曲直
shì fēi qū zhí
  1. 1 lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits
  2. 2 pros and cons
曲突徙薪
qū tū xǐ xīn
  1. 1 lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take preventive measures
曲终奏雅
qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ
  1. 1 perfect finish (idiom)
曲肱而枕
qū gōng ér zhěn
  1. 1 lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. content with simple things
曲里拐弯
qū lǐ guǎi wān
  1. 1 winding and turning (idiom)
曲高和寡
qǔ gāo hè guǎ
  1. 1 difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
  2. 2 highbrow
无心插柳
wú xīn chā liǔ
  1. 1 (idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated
  2. 2 serendipitous
  3. 3 fortuitous
异曲同工
yì qǔ tóng gōng
  1. 1 different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)
  2. 2 different methods leading to the same result
  3. 3 different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
盘旋曲折
pán xuán qū zhé
  1. 1 lit. windy and circuitous
  2. 2 difficult (idiom)
见缝插针
jiàn fèng chā zhēn
  1. 1 lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
迂回曲折
yū huí qū zhé
  1. 1 meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere
  2. 2 going around in circles

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