花雅之争

花雅之爭
huāyǎzhīzhēng
  1. (historical, music) the struggle for audience between Kunqu (“elegant” classical opera dating from the Ming Dynasty) and luantan (newer, flashier/more raucous forms of “local opera”) during the Qing Dynasty in China
  2. the struggle for audience between Kunqu (“elegant” classical opera dating from the Ming Dynasty) and luantan (newer, flashier/more raucous forms of “local opera”) during the Qing Dynasty in China

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Entry Composition

=1 花 Huā surname Hua
=1 花 huā
  1. flower
  2. blossom
  3. fancy pattern
  4. florid
  5. to spend (money, time)
  6. (coll.) lecherous
  7. lustful

classifiers: 朵, 支, 束, 把, 盆, 簇
=1 花 huā old variant of 花 huā
=1 花 huā
  1. variant of 花 huā
  2. flower
  3. blossom
  4. also pr. wěi
2 雅 yǎ elegant
3 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
4 争 zhēng
  1. to strive for
  2. to vie for
  3. to argue or debate
  4. deficient or lacking (dialect)
  5. how or what (literary)