含宫咀徵

含宮咀徵
hángōngjǔzhǐ
(idiom) permeated with beautiful music

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 含 hán
  1. to keep in the mouth
  2. to contain
2 宫 gōng
  1. palace
  2. temple
  3. castration (as corporal punishment)
  4. first note in pentatonic scale
3 咀 jǔ
  1. to chew
  2. to masticate
4 徵 zhǐ 4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音 wǔyīn, corresponding to sol

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