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樂府

简乐府 · 繁樂府

Mandarin · pinyin yuè fǔ

yuefu (Chinese style of lyric poetry)

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樂: lè · happy, glad; enjoyable; music
府: fǔ · prefecture; prefect; government
乐: lè · happy, glad; enjoyable; music

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4–3 · yue4 fu3

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name

(historical) Music Bureau (an organ of various imperial government bureaucracies of China)

noun

Yuefu (a kind of Chinese poem composed in a folk song style)

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