元曲四大家

Yuánqǔ Sì Dàjiā
Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿 Guān Hànqīng, Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖 Zhèng Guāngzǔ, Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠 Mǎ Zhìyuǎn and Bai Pu 白樸 Bái Pǔ

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1 元曲 Yuánqǔ Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
2 四大 sìdà
  1. the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism)
  2. the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放 dàmíngdàfàng, 大辯論 dàbiànlùn, 大字報 dàzìbào (PRC)
=3 家 jiā used in 傢伙 jiāhuo and 傢俱 jiājù
=3 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個

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