作乐 (作樂) zuòlè
zuòlè
verb
to make merry
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '作樂')
Contained in
- 制礼作乐(制禮作樂) formulate rites and music
- 苦中作乐(苦中作樂) finding joy despite suffering; to enjoy in spite of hardship
- 寻欢作乐(尋歡作樂) pleasure seeking
- 饮酒作乐(飲酒作樂) drinking party; to go on a binge; to paint the town red
- 歌舞作乐(歌舞作樂) to sing and dance for entertainment
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷一百三十 志第八十三 樂五 Volume 130 Treatises 83: Music 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
- 卷一百二十七 志第八十 樂二 Volume 127 Treatises 80: Music 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 11
- 卷二十八 志第八: 音樂一 Volume 28 Treatises 8: Music 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 7
- 卷四十六 Scroll 46 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
- 卷十九 志第九 樂一 Volume 19 Treatises 9: Music 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 7
- 卷五十六 志第三十二 禮十 Volume 56 Treatises 32: Rites 10 History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
- 卷六十八 志第十九: 禮樂二 Volume 68 Treatises 21: Rites and Music 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 6
- 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: 5
- 卷一百十四 志第六十七 禮十七 Volume 114 Treatises 67: Rites 17 History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
- 卷一 楚莊王第一 玉杯第二 Scroll 1 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 5
Collocations
- 作乐崇 (作樂崇) 先王以作樂崇德 — Book of Changes 易經, 豫 Yu — count: 24
- 功成作乐 (功成作樂) 王者功成作樂 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 19
- 置酒作乐 (置酒作樂) 置酒作樂 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一下 光武帝紀 Volume 1b: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 9
- 先王作乐 (先王作樂) 先王作樂崇德 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷三十 兿文志 Volume 30: Treatise on Literature — count: 8
- 作乐器 (作樂器) 作樂器隨月律 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六 孝順孝沖孝質帝紀 Volume 6: Annals of Emperor Xiaoshun; Emperor Xiaochong; Emperor Xiaozhi — count: 6
- 圣人作乐 (聖人作樂) 故聖人作樂以應天 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 6
- 赐作乐 (賜作樂) 勞賜作樂 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二 顯宗孝明帝紀 Volume 2: Annals of Emperor Xianzong Xiaoming — count: 5
- 作乐府 (作樂府) 然則古人作樂府 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷二十二 志第十二 樂四 Volume 22 Treatises 12: Music 4 — count: 4
- 作乐制 (作樂製) 作樂制禮 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十 列傳第四十四 文學下 Volume 50: Men of Letters 2 — count: 3
- 始作乐 (始作樂) 始作樂而合乎祖也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧臣工之什‧有瞽 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Chen Gong - You Gou — count: 3