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歌舞

gē wǔ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

歌舞 (gē wǔ) means "singing and dancing". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 歌舞 means

1. singing and dancing

The characters in 歌舞

• 歌gēsong; (bound form) to sing
• 舞wǔto dance; to wield; to brandish

Example sentences

• 比起歌舞伎，我更喜欢能乐表演，因为我觉得后者比前者优雅。
  Bǐqǐ gēwǔjì, wǒ gèng xǐhuan néngyuè biǎoyǎn, yīnwèi wǒ juéde hòuzhě bǐ qiánzhě yōuyǎ.
  I prefer Noh to Kabuki because I find the former to be more elegant than the latter.

Words starting with 歌舞

• 歌舞团gē wǔ tuánsong and dance troupe
• 歌舞伎gē wǔ jìkabuki
• 歌舞升平gē wǔ shēng píng(lit.) to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom)…

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