- 1. bent; curved
- ♦ 弯腰~背 with one's back bent
- 2. wrong; unjustifiable
- ♦ 是非曲直
- ♦ ~肱而枕 bend one's arm and rest the head on it
- 1. bend (of a river, etc.)
- ♦ 河曲
- 2. leaven; yeast 另见 qǔ
- 1. qu, a type of verse for singing, which emerged in the Southern Song and Jin Dynasties and became popular in the Yuan Dynasty
- 2. song; tune; melody
- ♦ 高歌一~ lustily sing a song
- 3. music (of a song)
- ♦ 作曲 另见 qū
曲[qǔ]