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diào to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody
qiāng (bound form) cavity / (bound form) speech; talk / tune / accent (in one's speech) / (old) classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock
顺应 shùn yìng to comply with; to conform to; to adapt to; to go along with; in tune with
调准 tiáo zhǔn to adjust to the right value / to tune / to focus (a camera etc) / to set (the date, the time) to the correct value
异曲同工 tóng gōng different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
tune / song / CL:支[zhi1]
曲子 zi poem for singing / tune / music / CL:支[zhi1]
小曲 xiǎo popular song / folk tune / ballad
改弦易辙 gǎi xián zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune
曲调 diào tune / melody
奏乐 zòu yuè to perform music / to play a tune
五音不全 yīn quán tone deaf / unable to sing in tune
腔调 qiāng diào a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement
杨柳 yáng liǔ willow tree / poplar and willow / name of traditional tune
走音 zǒu yīn (music) off-key; out of tune
微调 wēi tiáo fine tuning / trimming
音律 yīn tuning; temperament / music
定弦 dìng xián tuning (stringed instrument) / (fig.) to make up one's mind
定音 dìng yīn to call the tune / to make the final decision
老调重弹 lǎo diào chóng tán to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
走调 zǒu diào out of tune / off-key
旧调子 jiù diào zi old tune / fig. conservative opinion / the same old stuff
填词 tián to compose a poem (to a given tune)
改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5])
琴瑟不调 qín tiáo out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony


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