顿挫抑扬

Traditional form:

頓挫抑揚

Pinyin (reading):

dùncuòyìyáng

Definitions:

• cadence
• modulation

Characters:

• 顿 - to pause; to bow; to arrange
• 挫 - to check, to obstruct, to push down
• 抑 - to curb, to hinder; to keep down, to repress
• 扬 - to flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise

Traditional characters:

• 頓 - to pause; to bow; to arrange
• 挫 - to check, to obstruct, to push down
• 抑 - to curb, to hinder; to keep down, to repress
• 揚 - to flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise