道情

dàoqíng

a type of Chinese folk ballad to the accompaniment of a fisherman's drum and simple boards, originally tunes of Taoist stories sung by Taoist priests to promote the renunciation of the world, but later used to refer to general folk stories as a subject matter

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 道 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股
=1 道 dǎo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 導 /导 (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
  2. alternative form of 導 /导 (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
2 情 qíng
  1. (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion
  2. (bound form) situation; condition