yuè

historical
literary
noun

Meaning of 乐府

乐府 means Music Bureau (Han Dynasty government office for collecting folk songs); yuefu poetry; folk-song style poetry (imitating Han folk ballads). Pronounced yuè fǔ.

  • Music Bureau (Han Dynasty government office for collecting folk songs)
  • yuefu poetry; folk-song style poetry (imitating Han folk ballads)

Definitions & Examples

Hàn
yuè
cǎi
le
hěn
duō
mín
jiān
yáo
 

The Han Music Bureau collected many folk ballads.

Yuè
shè
西
hàn
shí
 

The Music Bureau was established during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han.