舞 wǔ
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wǔ
verb
to dance; to posture; to prance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '舞' v 1; Kroll 2015 '舞' 1; Unihan '舞'; XHZD '舞' 1) -
wǔ
noun
a dance
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dance
Notes: For example, 华尔滋舞 'waltz' (Guoyu '舞' n 1) -
wǔ
verb
to brandish
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 耍弄 (Guoyu '舞' v 2; Unihan '舞') -
wǔ
verb
to play
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 玩弄 (Guoyu '舞' v 4; Kroll 2015 '舞' 2; XHZD '舞' 2) -
wǔ
verb
to fly; to hover
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 飞翔 (Guoyu '舞' v 3)
Contained in
- 歌舞团(歌舞團) song and dance troupe
- 舞会(舞會) a dance; a ball
- 不令人鼓舞 discouraging; disheartening
- 舞厅舞(舞廳舞) ballroom dancing
- 手舞足蹈 to dance with joy
- 跳集体舞(跳集體舞) to do ensemble dancing; to dance in a group
- 小步舞曲 minuet
- 旋舞 whirling dance
- 项庄舞剑，意在沛公(項莊舞劍，意在沛公) Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang
- 舞龙(舞龍) dragon dance
- 曳步舞 shuffle
- 龙飞凤舞(龍飛鳳舞) dragon flying and phoenix dancing; majestic mountain range; bold calligraphy
- 眉飞色舞(眉飛色舞) eyebrows rising and face dancing; radiant with delight
- 圆舞(圓舞) round dance
- 历史舞台(歷史舞臺) the stage of history
- 歌舞升平 to celebrate peace with songs and dance; to make a show of happiness and prosperity
- 民间歌舞 folk dance ; folk singing and dancing
- 舞抃 to dance for joy
- 太空舞步 moonwalk (dance)
- 尬舞 to battle each other in street dancing (derived from Taiwanese 較, which sounds similar to Mandarin 尬)
- 民间舞蹈(民間舞蹈) folk dance
- 飞舞(飛舞) to flutter
- 且歌且舞 sing and dance
- 鼓舞 to encourage ; heartening ; to excite; to arouse
- 谩舞(謾舞) an elegant dance
- 舞蹈家 dancer
- 化妆舞会(化妝舞會) masquerade
- 杭丁顿舞蹈症(杭丁頓舞蹈症) Huntington's disease
- 翩翩起舞 (to start) dancing lightly and gracefully
- 舞弄 to wave; to brandish
- 舞狮(舞獅) lion dance (traditional Chinese dance form)
- 莺歌燕舞(鶯歌燕舞) the warbler sings and the swallow dances; prosperity abounds
- 舞场(舞場) dance hall
- 肚皮舞 belly dance
- 载歌载舞(載歌載舞) singing and dancing; festive celebrations
- 舞文弄墨 to play with ink without civilization
- 张牙舞爪(張牙舞爪) to bare fangs and brandish claws; to make threatening gestures
- 营私舞弊(營私舞弊) commit fraud for personal gain; bribery and fraud
- 假面舞会(假面舞會) masked ball; masquerade
- 舞乐(舞樂) dance music
- 剑舞(劍舞) sword dance
- 欢欣鼓舞(歡欣鼓舞) elated and excited; overjoyed
- 民族舞蹈 folk dance; folk dancing
- 艳舞(艷舞) erotic dance
- 歌舞片 a musical film
- 令人鼓舞 encouraging; heartening
- 舞台(舞臺) stage; arena
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- 卷十九 志第九 樂一 Volume 19 Treatises 9: Music 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 154
- 卷二十一 志第十一 禮樂十一 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites and Music 11 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 103
- 卷15 志第10 音樂下 Volume 15 Treatises 10: Music 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 100
- 卷一百四十四 志6: 樂志上 Volume 144: Treatises 6 Music 1 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 97
- 卷二十八 志第八: 音樂一 Volume 28 Treatises 8: Music 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 96
- 卷六十一 志第三十七 樂一 Volume 61 Treatises 37: Music 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 95
- 卷一百二十六 志第七十九 樂一 Volume 126 Treatises 79: Music 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 87
- 卷二十九 志第九: 音樂二 Volume 29 Treatises 9: Music 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 82
- 卷三十 志第十: 音樂三 Volume 30 Treatises 10: Music 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 80
- 卷109 樂志五 Volume 109 Treatise 5: Music Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 75
Collocations
- 见舞 (見舞) 見舞象箾南籥者 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
- 万舞 (萬舞) 方將萬舞 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧簡兮 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Jian Xi — count: 5
- 舞雩 (舞雩) 風乎舞雩 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 11. 《先進》 Xian Jin — count: 4
- 舞器 (舞器) 掌舞器 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 4
- 献舞 (獻舞) 以蔡侯獻舞歸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
- 舞溢 (舞溢) 舞溢員 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷七 考功名第二十一 通國身第二十二 三代改制質文第二十三 官制象天第二十四 堯舜不擅移湯武不專殺第二十五 服制第二十六 Scroll 7 — count: 4
- 率舞 (率舞) 百獸率舞 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 3
- 舞归 (舞歸) 以蔡侯獻舞歸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
- 舞位 (舞位) 君執干戚就舞位 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭統》 A Summary Account of Sacrifices — count: 3
- 舞师 (舞師) 舞師題以旌夏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3