蓮花落

莲花落
liánhuālào
genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers

CEDICT

  1. (music) A form of Chinese narrative singing that originated from begging songs.
  2. A form of Chinese narrative singing that originated from begging songs.

Wiktionary

舊時乞丐所唱的歌曲。後發展成曲藝的一種，有專業演唱者，用竹皮按拍，常以「蓮花落，落蓮花」為尾聲，內容多民間傳說。元．張國賓《合汗衫．第一折》：「沒奈何，我唱個蓮花落，討些兒飯吃咱。」《紅樓夢．第五四回》：「然後又命小戲子打了一回蓮花落。」也作「落子」、「哩嗹花兒」、「哩嗹」、「蓮花樂」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 蓮花 liánhuā
  1. lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others)
  2. water-lily
2 落 lào colloquial reading for 落 luò in certain compounds