元曲四大家
Traditional form:
元曲四大家
Pinyin (reading):
Yuánqǔ Sì Dàjiā
Definitions:
- Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿／关汉卿 ( Guān Hànqīng), Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖／郑光祖 ( Zhèng Guāngzǔ), Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠／马致远 ( Mǎ Zhìyuǎn) and Bai Pu 白樸／白朴 ( Bái Pǔ)
Characters:
- 元 - first; dollar; origin; head
- 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
- 四 - four
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 家 - house, home, residence; family
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