曲高和寡

Chinese
 
tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong
 high; tall
 
mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
 few; widowed
simp. and trad.
(曲高和寡)		 曲 高 和 寡
Literally: “songs of a highbrow type will find very few people joining in the chorus”.

Etymology

From the writing of Song Yu.

Pronunciation

Idiom

曲高和寡

  1. to be highbrow and unpopular, as it cannot be easily understood by the common people
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