wǎn

common
noun
literary

Meaning of 挽歌

挽歌 means dirge; elegy; threnody; funeral song. Pronounced wǎn gē.

  • dirge; elegy; threnody; funeral song

Definitions & Examples

Zàng
shàng
xiǎng
le
chén
de
wǎn
 

A low dirge played at the funeral.

xiě
xià
zhè
shǒu
wǎn
dào
niàn
shì
de
péng
you
 

He wrote this elegy to mourn his departed friend.

Zhè
shǒu
lǎo
de
wǎn
liú
chuán
le
shù
bǎi
nián
 

This ancient threnody has been passed down for centuries.